Reviews / Album

Four years after Youth Group’s swansong, Martin is still pitching himself somewhere between the weary observer and the heartbroken traveller.

Strangeland sees things dropping off just a tad as the boys rein in the rough edges without straying too far from their radio-friendly balladry.

Endless Flowers is as giddily flower-powered as its title would suggest, and a wonderful immersion in a world of guitar-based noise pop mayhem.

Band Of Brothers sounds like Hellyeah finally making good on their promise as a supergroup.

Even if Gojira have become more conventional as their success propels them towards mainstream metal, they’re still doing things that are interesting and unusual.

The album has some misfires due to his extremely experimental nature and enthusiasm for embracing pop and soul and funk and disco and hip hop and easy-listening classic hits, but considering this, it’s really just seamless.

Oshin is an atmospheric ride that’s neither light nor dark – a bit like seeing the sun pierce tree canopies through your eyelids.

These tracks are linked by songs without as clear a focus; or even worse, are abrasive without a clear purpose at all.

Moleta’s narrative songwriting style here carries with it a real sense of place; it feels uniquely Perth, as if he manages to capture the essence of grey asbestos fences, brown lawns and dry summers and weave it into his lyrical tapestries.