Ancient Australian bands currently setting vinyl speculators ablaze are crop-haired boogie-monster thug-visionaries like Coloured Balls, Aztecs and the mighty Buffalo.
But Tully were Sydney psychedelic jazz-folkies, given to third-eye dilating keyboard drones and sublime incantations to Krishna.
Their final 1972 album is reverentially re-released here with extra tracks. Occasional moments of soft rock blandness aside, Loving Is Hard operates in a rarified zone of velvet glove intensity and imminent transcendence, Shayna Stewart’s diamond but delicate vocal slicing through the implausibly poised seven minute baroque acid-folk epic, Ice.
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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