We’re already into August, but surprisingly it’s only the first LP of the year, (after at least 26th in 12) by the prolific Australian band this time explore a 70s bluesy-country rock and glam style with a inexhaustible live-feel. They’ve adventured into many genres over the years from prog to funk, jazz, dance music, Middle Eastern styles, even bossa-nova folk, but this is harks a more conventional dive into music reminiscent of Steve Miller, Little Feat or Bachman-Turner Overdrive. It’s conceptual indulgence of escaping into musical comfort zone during scary times, though executed with the usual fast-fingered excellence of Stu Mackenzie and co doing a freewheeling romp. Standouts include opener Mirage City with its swaggering guitars and drums, the catchy, hooky bluesy buzz of Raw Feel with harmonica and all, Field of Vision’s 70s glam, Sad Pilot’s Little Feat with elements of rockabilly, and the stompy daredevil blues of Le Risque all the way to epic jam closer Daily Blues, which is not in any way downbeat, and sums up a sense of pure frenetic fun. Out on p(doom) Records.
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