Album Review: Custard - The Common Touch

The '90s are the new black, which means it's time for Custard to write the hit album that You Am I are still trying to nail.

Indeed, the title track on the new record packs all that was good about Hourly Daily in about two minutes of music. Similarly, the melancholy of Halley's Comet and Princes HWY both could have been off an early Sleepy Jackson EP - lap steel, strings and all. There is a definite feeling of nostalgia throughout and although the choice of label screams "adult contemporary!" it's still a Custard album, and that means quality indie-pop. Unfortunately it's all over just a little bit too soon.