Review Heifer self-titled
Formed
in Casino in the north-east of NSW, Heifer
take their name from that citys Beef Week which brings
people from all over the country to that small rural town. And the sound that
these four now Sydney-based lads create on their debut EP is just as meaty as
anything you would expect to see during that non-vegan country fair.
Heifer
cite many influences to their music, much of it heavy. It is interesting to
note that the sounds I nominated while listening to the CD - Testeagles, Morphine,
Soundgarden,
RHCP,
Superheist,
Kiss/Gene
Simmons, Primus
funk-styled rhythm with extra-power-bass are not too far from those they say
are the basis to their being Tool,
FNM,
Dead
Kennedys, Mark of Cain.
Mark fairly launches the listener into this aural assault, and the rest
of the EP follows suit, peaking for mine at the end with Nancyboy Surprise
(poofta-bashing with a happy ending) and Prick (a full-on
no-holds-barred this-is-how-we-see-life kinda thang).
And the day after I write
this review, I am stuck in Easter traffic headed north for the weekend to the
sounds of Heifer on my radio
a good omen, me thinks! Heifer self-titled independent CD
a great release!!