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Album Review: Ramps - Joe

Ross Clelland

With Sounds Like Sunset and Massappeal on the members’ CVs, they come at you relentlessly – owing something to their suburban origins and growing up on the sludgier and more muddied edge of the Seattle sound.



Not to be confused with Melbourne band and occasional interpretative dance troupe 'Aleks & The…', this Ramps is a Sydney trio of two guitars, drums and no bass. Which doesn't mean there isn't crunch and rumble to it. With Sounds Like Sunset and Massappeal on the members' CVs, they come at you relentlessly – owing something to their suburban origins and growing up on the sludgier and more muddied edge of the Seattle sound. And they know enough to show those influences without aping them.