Album Review: HITS - Hikikomori

It's apt Radio Birdman's Rob Younger produced this second album from Brisbane reprobates HITS because it embodies everything that's great about underground Aussie rock, from the depraved attitude it drips, to the grit lurking behind the melodic guitar bursts. From the guitar/backing vocal prowess of powerhouse duo Tamara Dawn Bell and Stacey Coleman to the debauched, self-flagellating worldview of frontman Evil Dick, everything in this unrelenting run of pulverising rock songs stuns in both concept and execution. Joy Division cover, Shadowplay is incredible but no better than the ten originals. Dirty rock'n'roll at its delectably depraved best.