Reviewed
July 2006
Australia has been responsible for some great acts over
the years from The Saints through The Birthday Party,
Roaring Jack, Weddings Parties Anything, The Triffids
etc. This compilation consisting of young acts from the
Coffs coast region of Oz is on the whole a glorious assertion
that the country can still produce the goods. Nine acts
give it their all offering dirty garage rock, solid hardcore,
tough punk metal or delightfully twisted punk pop. With
each band popping up twice there’s plenty to savour.
Highlights have to include the confrontational slice of
gritty garage punk ‘Fucka Fucka Fucka’ by
Thunderbox, the abrasive pop punk of Zygomatic Major’s
‘If I Cared’ and the psycho-delic punk of
Space Circus, their ‘There’s Faeries In My
Ring’ coming across like a twisted X-Ray Spex. Although
hardly likely to make much of a splash beyond the Coffs
coast, this is most definitely more than a piss in the
ocean. A most worthy discovery.
4 out of 5
Review by Sean McGhee
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