Album Review: Backsliders - Dark Side

It's testament to the quality of their songs and performances that Dom Turner has kept Backsliders an ongoing concern for almost three decades, and Dark Side keeps that quality intact. The disjointed House On The Corner is a definite highlight, owing a little to the late JJ Cale, while the brutality of 99 Years And One Dark Day works better than the nostalgia of Sixties Girl and renditions of classics I'll Fly Away and the rugged Hard Times Killing Floor are worthy. Australian blues that goes well beyond the 12-bar, Backsliders remain as important and endearing as ever.