Regular hEARd readers will hardly have missed the fact that I’m a huge fan of this band, starting off from their very first release & I felt vindicated for following the band after the success (which I predicted) of the single Captain (Million Miles An Hour), from their debut album Elsewhere For 8 Minutes.
Although the last single from the album, Prick, wasn’t quite the hit that I’d hoped, receiving only sporadic airplay, I think this single will certainly do very well for the band.
The title track is all guitars & the classic quiet/loud formula that many bands have put to such great work. There are three bonus tracks here that can quite simply be described as outstanding examples of Australian music.
All The Things That Aren’t Good About Scientology ought to get the band into some conflict with that organisation while a killer song of epic guitar riffing proportions is next on Telescope, while the closing track is a brilliantly executed remix of The Last Minute, which changes the song around some & adds some cool beats while retaining that amazing vocal of Paul Dempsey. Your surely must appreciate this, it’s great.
Working Against Me is out now through Murmur. hEARd rating 10/10
Time Off:
SFK keep on churning out the rock that has garnered them so much support and accolade in the past. These ears have never really dug the band because Dempsey’s vocals sound stuck somewhere between miserable and pissed off in the good ‘ol US of A. Forget the Bush comparisons because they really aren’t apt. The band don’t have the 100 per cent stadium rocker commitment. Probably a good thing really, as the band could never compete with the likes of Powderfinger. Still, it’s safe to say fans will devour the single while this reviewer will look elsewhere for his kicks. But forget me, what do you think of SFK?