A razor-sharp edge amidst the blunt-force trauma of mid 1990s grunge, Therapy? celebrate the 30th anniversary release of their seminal Troublegum album with a series of Australian dates including a night at Sydney’s Metro Social on 21st Sep.
While much of the world was sewing itself into plaid shirts and screaming into the void, Therapy? took their noise-rock roots and focussed it into something far more honed.
By the time 1994 rolled around and Troublegum was released, they had sliced open a niche for themselves that combined raw power with absolute, vicious precision.
Time – especially measured over decades – has a habit of smoothing the edges off what, at the time, felt like getting hit by a machete. Take a listen to ‘Screamager’ or ‘Nowhere’ or ‘Femtex’ or ‘Knives’ or any of them today though and they still glint like bone saws, ready to slice off a limb.
If you were around at the time, Troublegum left scars that never really faded. If you were around at the time though, you’d not trade those scars for anything.