Reviews / Album

A split between two bands that are strengthening punk as it has been and as it is now.

This is more of that Fort Street magic, it seems. Those school reunions must be pretty special.

This is a very good, intermittently great album that just barely fails to escape the ideas that define its sounds.

It could be argued that this isn’t a technically perfect album, it’s actually that lack of perfection that helps makes Deep Deep Love so charming.

We Are... Firearms clocks up a mere 27 minutes or so, but Firearms have loaded this fleeting time with plenty of punch and made sure there’s not a dull moment on the record.

Australian release of the year so far.

It’s hard to fault this album. Jade Diary’s debut is something Perth, and Australia, should be proud of.

Somewhere Else is more than a sign of things to come; it’s a very good record on its own merits, just one that will hopefully be eclipsed by future efforts.

Next time there might be a true middle ground for Co-Pilgrim to rise from, but for now A Fairer Sea, like much of its narrative, remains lost in the wilderness.

This is by no means the Quin sisters’ best release to date and, what’s more, it leaves its listeners a little melancholic that they haven’t released something a little deeper, nor recaptured their rhythmic indie vibe of old.