Those who love it loud will truly appreciate the debut album / third
release from Adelaide’s Temporal Lobe. Damien Shen, Joel Pannell, Matt
Richardson and Andrew Smart have been cranking the decibels since at least 1997 to critical acclaim and
they have seen fit to select October 2001 as the release date for “Modern
Assembly,” recorded independently with the help of a small injection from
the South Australian ARTS program in June of
that year.
And crank it they do, with eleven tracks (one of which is not a song,
hence the title no song) together with the obligatory ‘phantom,’ bonus or
unlisted tracks of “dynamic, intelligent rock…relying on a combination of
driving rhythms and powerful vocals.” Obviously these guys have found a niche,
which sits quite well in the same category as bands like Bob Sledge, Dern Rutlidge and / or Thumlock, Chris Cornell
and / or Soundgarden,
and has been a hit with bands such as Elephant Gun, Lo-Tel,
Test Eagles, Iota, Nevermore
and Not
From There.
Temporal Lobe “Modern Assembly” is an excellent collection of tunes that have
been developed by a team of at least four over at least five years. These guys
just continue to sweep all before them and, based on humanflesh and
this new release, there is no reason why they won’t continue to do so!