Australia @ Frankie’s, 8th Nov

“Australia are one of those bands I’ve been meaning to catch for a while, and happily they’re easily as good as I’d figured. It’s danceable but laced with a sense of doom, guitars that want to be disco but can’t help but feeling a bit miserable about it. Maybe it’s the baritone vocal. Either way, just as I can’t work out why I’m really enjoying, they bust out a cover of Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”, which for most other bands would be an emarrassing catastrophe but here ends up being an announcement that translates to “we want to sound like this! We’re pretty fucking good at it too! Also – dancing!” They end on “Who R U?”, which ends the set on a typically black-edged but triumphant note. Worth the wait.”

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