The wait is over for fans of Sydney’s Flickertail with the band’s 5-track debut EP, Hurry Up and Wait, dropping today via Golden Robot Records on CD and digital.
One could say this is a concept style EP: through screaming Les Pauls and thunderous drums, it tells the story of four young men with no money having a bloody great time watching Braveheart, sinking tins and getting thoroughly excited about EPL highlights. It’s also a rough collection of love stories, but that’s much less fun to talk about.
In the studio, the boys landed Steve Balbi and Tony Wall, the latter of which has worked with just about everyone from Olivia Newton-John to KISS. Naturally, as lifelong devotees of honest, in-your-face guitar rock, they were beyond thrilled to record the next “Xanadu”.
Everything the band love about music is on this record. There’s guitar lines like Thin Lizzy, AC/DC boogie, bits of Slade stomp, rich vocal harmonies, Beatlesy melodies, and make-a-cinderblock-cry sincerity. It’s raucous love songs, played loud and honest with no autotune or sampling in earshot.
Buy/Stream EP here
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US Rock and Soul masters, Little Caesar have released their highly anticipated new album, 8, worldwide today via Golden Robot Records.
Centred around front-man Ron Young’s raspy, soulful vocals, 8 journeys through classic rock ballad territory via Time Enough For That, locks in a solid groove on Vegas, swaggers in on City Of Sin and brings the riffs on tracks like Straight Shooter and Another Fine Mess.
Little Caesar fuse no-nonsense hard rock that harks back to 70’s giants such as Bad Company and Humble Pie with an aching ZZ Top groove and overlay it with classic R&B melodies to produce some mighty fine straight up good time rock and roll!
8 is more than the sum of its parts, it harks back to when albums were albums, a proper roller coaster of various emotions from start to finish that you can enjoy from end to end or track by track depending on what your soul is in the mood for.
Get your ears around 8 and go for a ride. Little Caesar rocks!
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UPCOMING RELEASES
ROSE TATTOO Blood Brothers – Reissue – March 23
Featuring the legendary Angry Anderson!
PALACE OF THE KING – Get Right With Your Maker – March 23
For Fans Of Airborne, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo
THE LOCKHEARTS – Americana Doom Fuzz – April 13
For Fans Of Danger Danger, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, Jet
THE LAZYS – Tropical Hazards – May 4
For Fans Of Danger Danger, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, Jet
GROOM EPOCH – Solar Warden – April 20
For Fans Of The Chruch, The Go Betweens, Died Pretty, Lim Spiders
More info – goldenrobotrecords.com
