Veterans of the same Seventies Melbourne punk-shamanism class as Nick Cave, Crime & The City Solution ended up transplanted to America via decadent pre-unification Berlin.
Returning to active service, the band takes a global perspective, from the title track’s hard-funk depiction of Detroit’s decline, to the MC5 play mariachi music romanticism of My Love Takes Me There.
Here’s an unexpectedly cohesive set of intelligent, classy, and thunderous widescreen alterno-rock destined to raise the roofs of publicly funded venues in any European cities that still have an arts budget.
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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John Robins, Comedian
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter