Review – F.U.L.L. “$ellout”
“$ellout” is the third release in as many years from
Perth power-rock outfit F.U.L.L.
and, like the previous outings which include a full-length album, this dynamic
three-piece just continue to produce the goods.
“$ellout” follows the steps of bands like Bad
Religion and Pennywise
in its punk attitude to the rock tracks and Extreme
and Mr
Big in its acoustic content: Bad
Religion in that Sellout and Stump seem to have the
same hook, although the middle-eight to the former adds depth to that track,
while the verses to the latter make it different to the opening track; Extreme
attributes are mainly the ability to strip a song right back and, with those
harmonies, discords and acoustic breaks, enable Sellout and Play The
Game to cross over from the original genre to the softer one quite
successfully.
Play The Game is not a Queen cover – quite the
opposite: while it follows in the same tracks as tracks one and two, it has a Hunters
& Collectors meets Horsehead and The Poor
feel to it, which jumps out of the speakers and just wants to be played again,
but much louder!!
While in effect on this record you’re only
getting three tracks, the reworking of Sellout and Play The Game
make it like a full EP, and, like with the larger
signed artists doing the same thing at the hest of the Corporations, have done
quite well with their debut without laying all cards on the deck.