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Live Review: Sex On Toast, The Cactus Channel, WALLACE

"This colourful band of misfits, dressed in Vegas velveteen leisure suits, are a blast from the past that could only exist now."

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The aptly named Sex On Toast gave a high intensity, wild and intoxicating performance, throwing together a mishmash of styles and genres as smooth as butter.

WALLACE offered up some sexy R&B vibes. The Wellington singer with a voice like honey — soft and golden  met with some smooth synths and keys and made for an enticing warm-up, a delectable sign of things to come. Well worth a listen.

Laying down some seriously sexy jams, ten-piece Melburnites The Cactus Channel brought a tight instrumental smorgasbord of funk, soul and jazz in a true ensemble display of talent and suaveness.

Melbourne-based ten-piece Sex On Toast delivered their undeniably Australian brand of eccentric eclecticism to a packed out Newtown Social Club, held together by their charismatic frontman, Angus Leslie.

They did not disappoint fans as they rummaged through their catalogue of lounge-soul, post-disco and late '80s/early '90s R&B music to launch their brand new EP Ready.

Sex On Toast is everything that's right with the Australian music industry at the moment. With tongues firmly and constantly planted in their cheeks, the guys are the perfect combination of talented musicians and shit-stirrers.

Everything about Sex On Toast screams, "This is a joke! Laugh at us!" And yet, they are so sincere in their hyperbolic performance and cheesy dance moves that you just can't help but dance along.

The stage presence of the band is coupled with some thoroughly catchy tunes. The best example of this is their hedonistic disco anthem, Oh Loretta! which takes you right back to the coke-fuelled days of some trendy LA nightclub where the powder was flowing and the rhythm was just right.

This colourful band of misfits, dressed in Vegas velveteen leisure suits, are a blast from the past that could only exist now, in this mad time of censorship and freedom, where intelligent melodies and rhythms are matched equally with a piss-taking attitude.