Though I missed their gig at The Jump Club because my band was playing somewhere down the peninsula I soon got onto their debut album. That I got the record after the gig made me want to kick myself for missing the band. The music just jumped out of the speakers. Even now I find it hard to choose which particular song got to me the most but on reflection, this is the one I've listened to and played the most. It's the one that got the most consistent plays at the Lizard Lounge and before that the Beehive, Barbarella's, and the short-lived Kaos in North Melbourne. Some DJs try to cut off the slow bit at the start of the song but then it loses its appeal. You need the crowd singing along to "day after day....". And the crowd sings along to all the songs. A real indie dancefloor gem.
I did get to see them later on in Tower Records in the heart of London. And they were brilliant. I managed to get right close to the band which was good cos it was packed and they only had acoustic guitars. But the crowd sang along to all the tracks off the first album. Really the album of choice. My wife Liz got to see them busking at Missing Link Records when she was still in high school. Then she spent the rest of the day hanging out with them. How cool is that?
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