Review – Little Murders
“First Light”
album on Swerve through Blah
Blah Blah
Just like Richard Vidler and The
Bloodloop Beautiful with Troy Horse in Sydney, Rob Griffiths in Melbourne has a band The Little Murders
and a record label Swerve. Which came where
in the equation is irrelevant in both cases, but the similarities end there as
far as the album “First
Light” from The Little Murders on Swerve
through Blah Blah Blah is concerned.
Twelve tracks over about 37min are what you get on this very folkesque
record. Over all there are very strong WPA, Paul Kelly and Luna influences with Archie Roach, Go Betweens, GW
McLennan, Chocolate Cake, Pogues/Shane
MacGowan, and Muttonbirds stylings crossing through and between folk rock and
alternative country genres. While it is not an uplifting album, it is one that
would fit comfortably in the background behind dinner or a quiet night at home.
Alternative/community/college radio here and overseas would probably take to Good Good Love, Andy
Warhol Perspective , Leave at First Light or No
Girlfriend No Drugs on the up-tempo
side of the record, while Stars
Still Shine, That’s The Way…, or Twelve
O’Clock sit at the other end of
the scale.
Some records grab immediately, some you know will grow on you after a
few listens. “First
Light” from The Little Murders on Swerve
through Blah Blah Blah is of the latter «««