Album Review: Elapsed Time - Walkabout Johnnie

The overly simplistic beat of Home Is Where I Belong quickly begs the question, haven't we heard this brand of safe, confessional Aussie hip hop a thousand times before? Lyrically, Elapsed Time (aka Lachlan Emes) can't decide if he's a high school counsellor or a weed-smoking, bar-tab-skipping delinquent. Similarly, Walkabout Johnnie wavers between attempted edginess (with oh-so sneaky marijuana references) and sanitised pop. Where The Light proves the EP's best, mostly due to Jordan Rusu's R&B-style vocals, however this essentially inoffensive offering is utterly ordinary in both subject matter and delivery.