Album Review: Naked - Pink Quartz

Naked is an off-kilter guitar rock band from Hobart with shadings of discordant Dischord, blue-collar anguish and experiential punk.

Pink Quartz swings, ambles and twitches between each serrated touchstone, keeping the mood belligerent and aggressive and liberally twisted with laconic humour while remaining true to angular melody, regardless of the bleakest bombast. Song titles like Massive Cock, Critical Half-Arsed and Paul Walker Overture speak for themselves, while Sprinters Of The World Unite perfectly sums this album's cacophonous yet larrikin charm up — wonky wavering violin comes in to harmonise a delinquent's day hurling bricks, stealing pizza and languishing in low-security…