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Album Review: friendships - Nullarbor 1988-1989

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"Definitely one for your best headphones or sound system."

While Melbourne outfit friendships are a self-described audio-visual duo, there's still lots to be had by just focusing on their sounds for a while.

Like the album name suggests, their sounds roll around in an apparently cavernous space - definitely one for your best headphones or sound system rather than streaming and a crappy phone speaker. Pedal To The Metal sounds exactly as the name suggests — rolling, exciting, with just the right amount of edge - while the space in Keep Smiling At Me Like That And You'll Be Picking Your Teeth Up Out Of The Gutter is positively, wonderfully, creepy.