A quickie today. Last year I posted a couple of songs by Melbourne band Lothario (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/search?q=lothario). Headed up by powerhouse vocalist Annaliese Redlich (a Melbourne radio dj), they've just released a debut album on Under The Gun Records titled Hogtied.
It's everything we could have hoped for, it's a melting pot of danceable new wave with great vocals and some really interesting guitar parts. Several of the album's 13 songs are familiar from earlier releases and the new stuff is equally as impressive. It's available on vinyl and digital : https://utgrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hogtied
This track is a definite highlight, it shows off all the best aspects of the band, it's called Suckhole...
I've just noticed. We're almost into December. I'd better start thinking about the song of the year list. It's gonna be harder then ever this year as there's been so much great music released. There's also been a seemingly endless torrent of new bands making a mark. One of those features today.
It's pretty much a solo project out of Melbourne headed up by Annaliese Redlich who's aided by a few friends. Rob Craig (Buck Biloxi) featured on drums for the debut single and he's back on new single Hogtied. The track I'm highlighting today though is the flipside and that boasts an appearance by Billiam. If lo-fi garage goodness is your thing then you can find it here : https://lotharioxx.bandcamp.com/album/hogtied-king-rat-single
This is King Rat...
You got the game so play with me I'll fall down at your feet I've never been so hungry I like the taste of fresh meat Bloated, blue, dead and drowned - you are the king rat I'll wear your death just like a crown - you are the king rat A life of playing hide and seek Holding the disease Instinct extinct her nature pleads Get ready for that meat Get down grimy gutter tease - you are the king rat A poisonous kind a pest to please - you are the king rat Ever present close to me and now I'm on my knees Washed up dead on the shore, cast off bottom feed But sharpened teeth that pest aside are much more than dead meat I wake in sweat, terror to tease, I see you in my dreams I while awake to taste the fat I know that you know me Enter the ways to count the days till the throning
Lothario is a new solo project from Annaliese Redlich, hailing from Naarm/Melbourne. She'll be releasing a debut album later this year and to give us an idea of what to expect we've been treated to a single featuring a couple of very cool songs.
Drafting in Rob Craig (Buck Biloxi) on drums, the single mixes Killed By Death style attitude with the danceability of No Wave. As well as the punk and garage punk tags, the Bandcamp page also describes Lothario's style as fuck wave, gush wave & squirtcore. Pretty apt tagging. The single will be getting a 7" release via Goodbye Boozy Records soon but for now you can get the digital version here : https://lotharioxx.bandcamp.com/album/drunk-fuck-black-hair-single
