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<\/a><\/p>\n20 Years: A Million Beers & A Lotta Nerve (Off The Hip)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Picture this reviewer unwrapping a new disc by a band with the tasty moniker \u201cBiscuit\u201d not fully realizing that a band with such a, let\u2019s just say it, lackluster name could pack as much of a physical wallop as a full bakery of tasty treats. The Barcelona-based band has cobbled together singles tracks from as far back as 2003 and the lord loves them for it. Opening with the jet-fuelled \u201cThe Sound\u201d the band stakes a claim for a psychedelic (aka 60s\u2019 built) punky attitude sized punch reminiscent of early Hellacopters mixed with a spicy rave up-infused din that will make fans of this kind of wild-yet-controlled rock and roll stand up and take notice. \u201cThe Man U Want\u201d follows and it\u2019s the guitar-organ-drums fury that seems to drive singer Xavi to complete abandon and a hacking cough. \u201cDance & Sing\u201d is a hook-filled nugget that sounds like a drunken Tom Petty jamming with The Flamin\u2019 Groovies. \u201cR’n’r Exile\u201d has the kind of amphetamine horn-driven charm that fans of early Graham Parker & The Rumour pulling out what is left of their hair listening to. The CD plays at 480 rpm. It sounds like it. Buy this.\u00a0(16 tracks.) Hung Up (On You) (Off The Hip)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Time, they say, changes everything. Melbourne\u2019s Stoneage Hearts haven\u2019t been exactly prolific and unlike many bands that offer this kind of knocked out, loaded brand of Dad rock they also know no bounds when changing members. When the only connecting thread in a group is the drummer – in this case the incomparable Mick Baty \u2013 you know there will be format changes. The quartet now boasts two guitarists and while they still have plenty of feeling, the age of stone has been replaced with the age of pebbles. The pop sensibility here is palpable. \u201cI Thought That Time\u201d, replete with earnest yearn for a lost love, typifies a sound that jangles and burns more like an \u201880s retro-wave band than the kick arse \u2018Hearts burn circa 2004s\u2019 \u201cGuilty As Sin\u201d. There is a lot of noise here, but nothing that really does any aural damage or sounds as risky as the band once did. And while that dynamic thud of yore is missed there\u2019s no doubt this version of the band can win, er, hearts wherever they draw breath.\u00a0(11 tracks.) Biscuit 20 Years: A Million Beers & A Lotta Nerve (Off The Hip) Picture this reviewer unwrapping a new disc by a band with the tasty moniker \u201cBiscuit\u201d not fully realizing that a band with such a, let\u2019s just say it, lackluster name could pack as much of a physical wallop as a full bakery …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":6913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,71,74],"tags":[1119,1121,580,1116,1120,1118,1117],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-music","category-reviews","tag-australia","tag-biscuit","tag-eyeplug-net","tag-jeff-monk","tag-melbourne","tag-off-the-hip","tag-the-stoneage-hearts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6908"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6934,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions\/6934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6908"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=6908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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