It seems that the Australian punk scene has seldom been more vital than it is today, with swathes of new bands emerging, and taking it to the world \u2013 Amyl and The Sniffers, The Chats, C.O.F.F.I.N and Civic to name just a few.<\/p>\n
With guitarist Kent Steedman producing, the band commenced recording at Sydney\u2019s famed Alberts Studio before a misunderstanding led to them being booted out, whenceforth they decamped once again to Rick Turk\u2019s Honeyfarm Studio in Duffy\u2019s Forest, where they\u2019d made their first two albums.
\nSongs like \u2018Sometimes\u2019, \u2018Conflict Of Interest\u2019, \u2018Some Kind Of Feeling\u2019 and the hardcore\/jazz fusion of opener \u2018Bill Bonney Regrets\u2019 \u2013 now a YouTube favourite \u2013 have gone on to become Rifles classics, their incisive Damien Lovelock lyrics \u2013 \u2018Sometimes when I get home, I just want to go out again\u2019, \u2018Get up in the morning have the same thing for breakfast, freeze-dried coffee and multigrain toast\u2019 \u2013 dryly underpinning the suburban ennui implicit in the album\u2019s title. Their itchy buzzsaw punk, meanwhile, is balanced by more reflective sounds of \u2018Sentinel\u2019, \u2018Glasshouse\u2019 and \u2018No Sign\u2019 and adventurous use of cello, dulcimer and bass clarinet.
\n\u201cSome good tunes, hard…\u201d considers Kent today, modestly. \u201cIronically just about every sentiment is unfortunately still current today… fuckers still invading countries, problems with drugs, the drudgery and isolation, the intrusion on our person space, destroying natural places and lack of care or empathy and media manipulating. Bit sad really as I write it… no wonder turgid… it\u2019s hard and angry to some degree… Sonically very Australian, blame me for a lot of it… how I heard stuff, I didn\u2019t always have the skill to bring what I heard out, but the energy compensated a bit. It was consciously made within our skill set to not follow the current recording trends of the time…\u201d
\nReissued in a replica of its original gatefold sleeve, the new edition comes with a two-page insert and download code with four bonus tracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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