Album Review: Zeahorse - Torana Dreamin'

It's been a while between drinks for Sydney grunge act Zeahorse.

2013's Pools was a hulking sludge-fest, a brooding monster that owed a lot to In Utero. Torana Dreamin' sees the band climb the stony, cragged peaks of power rock, upping the tempo and flexing some muscle in the process. Opening track Torana is a chugging beast that is at odds with the laid-back content ("check the oil, check the boot", "choccy milk" etc). The rest of the album is much of the same. It's a group of guys pretty stoked at life, but who have decided to communicate that as gruffly as possible. More power to 'em.