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Wishful Thinking @ Mary’s Underground, 17th Dec

โ€œWishful Thinking took three years to get back to Sydney – I was counting – but thereโ€™s no rust on the wheels and no dust in the gears, this is so sharp and so shiny and so crisp itโ€™d cut your tongue open. Thereโ€™s not an ounce of excess on these songs, not a note […]

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๐Ÿ† Best Songs Of 2020

Recorded music played a bigger role this year in the absence of live shows. This is some of the music that made my days just that much better. NOTHING RHYMES WITH DAVID – DOG FLAG The more I listen to this song, the deeper I get pulled in. I lived in Edinburgh before I moved […]

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Wishful Thinking – What The Hell Am I Gonna Do

So, anyway, ‘Time To Be Alone’ or ‘One More Time’ (both on the excellent EP named for the latter) are the sort of immediate songs you just get right into from first listen. While ‘I Get Lonely’ is just too close to the bloody bone for my personal comfort and my ego, I literally cannot […]

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Wishful Thinking – One More Time

The chorus on Wishful Thinking’s latest just EXPLODES out of the speakers like fireworks. Three minutes of absolutely note-perfect punky jumping that triggers uncontrollable grins just as it demands repeated listens.