The sound created on stage, from the vivid
memory of seeing them twice in 1996 by high recommendation, is recreated here
in the studio with the obvious added polish of plenty of pre- and
post-production. Archies, especially the vocals-added lead track, stands
out both from those gigs and this record; Fair Call comes over quite Michael Stipesque
vocally over a straight-ahead rock track and some Cold
Chisel/Hitchcock
Railway/REM
keyboards; New Song is fairly by more of that Hitchcock Railway
and a heady mix of Lady
Madonna in the chorus; Sugar closes the effort officially as
a ballad with superb vocal harmonies and unusual guitar discords.
If you ever see a Bottle
advertised, which is rare because they make their gigs known through their own
network, make an effort to check them out, and get a hold of this CD... as one
Sydney journalist is know to say, it's "fine stuff"!