Reviews / Album

As good as you'd expect given the talent on offer, and fitting testament to a fine songwriter.

This unusual release should be commended for attempting something starkly different, but its prevailing flatness could struggle to find a broader audience.

The album curiously ends the same way as it started, with a jazzy fade-out. But, why the hell not?

Salute isn't their The Writing's On The Wall moment, but it's getting close.

Gerner portrays a self-image of nomadic tomfoolery and delivers it in any kind of style you'd think to make, thumbing your merry way down a dusty highway.

The tracks' lyrics and melody may not be individually memorable, but strip back the layers and there's a vulnerability that transcends time and place.

The band themselves offer much to get excited about, but not enough has been committed to this mostly predictable record.

Starvation's debut self-titled album is a great example of hardcore that is accessible to hardcore elitists, as well as those simply with a penchant for anything gutsy.