Album Review: The Nation Blue - Black

Black, the twin to Melbourne punks The Nation Blue's Blue release, is indeed the darker of the two.

Where Blue is far more upbeat musically and lyrically, if not spiked with the band's cynicism here and there, Black paints things in a more bleak, political light. From the angry spoken word opening in I Have No Representatives, to Erectile Dysfunction's sinister guitar drone, to lead man Tom Lyngcoln's spits at prejudice, power and inequality in Australia Day, Negative Space, Mansion Family and across the board really, Black's 15 tracks have indulgent musings and hooky motifs going on to make it Blue's perfect counterpart.