+ i'm on your side

new estate - out of the ground
sorely underrated melbourne band (not even the jerks at mess and noise are giving them much love these days). and it's not like the individual members aren't otherwise vaunted in their own projects (marc is popolice, mia and chrissy g in a dozen other pop bands like sleepy township, huon etc).

the new album (their 3rd) is less spazzed out than the earlier records, but no less frenetic, energetic and highly skilled, this is noise pop at its best. all 4 band members share songwriting and singing duties and yet still sounds pretty cohesive, though my favourite is marc regueiro-mckelvie's stuff because i like his singing the most. one of his tracks 'on your side' is an absolute killer, i can't get enough of it. very distinctly antipodean too, with the imagery of australian suburbia through all their artwork and band photos. myspaz delights