Veterans of the same Seventies Melbourne punk-shamanism class as Nick Cave, Crime & The City Solution ended up transplanted to America via decadent pre-unification Berlin.
Returning to active service, the band takes a global perspective, from the title track’s hard-funk depiction of Detroit’s decline, to the MC5 play mariachi music romanticism of My Love Takes Me There.
Here’s an unexpectedly cohesive set of intelligent, classy, and thunderous widescreen alterno-rock destined to raise the roofs of publicly funded venues in any European cities that still have an arts budget.
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Brighton Argus
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com