Melbourne/Adelaide slackers Bitch Prefect continue to mine the maudlin depths of the banal human heart. Sophomore record Bird Nerds is flush with such aphorisms – the weary hope of Better Next Time, wistful ruminations on Adelaide, even the Sagan-baiting musings on the cosmos in Drifting underscore seams of primordial malaise. But Liam Kenny and co never wallow – they revel in these impoverished axioms, wearing them as badges of honour. These simplistic songs are wellsprings of the honest, staunch acceptance that a battler's work is never done. And that is why Bird Nerds rules hard.
