Album Review: Fear Like Us - Succour

Longtime folk-punk purveyors Fear Like Us can always be relied upon for some solid, earthy jams.

The latest from the more than decade-old Melbourne five-piece slots in somewhere near the top of their humble stack of releases, and would have sat higher if it weren't for some tracks that just don't quite fly on Succour. Jamie Hay's familiar rasp is put to work from the get-go on pumped-up opener The Gaslighting Anthem and doesn't let up from there. Red Ochre takes a backstep pace-wise and it's in songs like it and Over The Falls where the rough-around-the-edges tone starts to grate a tad. The Lowest Form Of Love's noodly guitar lines make it the highlight.