Time for the chimes of freedom to flash for the second day running on Song(s) of the Day on here. That Striped Sunlit Sound, the idea and feel that The Go Betweens used to describe the essence and feeling that they were seeking from the off to capture and bottle. They hailed from Brisbane, Australia, so it's quite appropriate that almost thirty years on from 16 Lovers Lane another band from that, ( according to reports), not always fair city, have decided to pick up the torch that many notable others in that part of the world carried for much of the late Seventies and throughout much of the Eighties. The self-same torch that The Byrds, The Turtles, The Beau Brummels, Buffalo Springfield and The Monkees had earlier carried. The one The Beatles first lit.
The songs I've posted here, from Dumb Things debut album, ( just released), would have been quite impossible without records recorded way back then by The Go Betweens, Split Enz and The Chills to make a fairly random selection in addition to those Sixties pioneers. That matters not one jot, it's always great to have another group that have mastered a certain sound to add to the imaginary playlist spinning in your head.
I couldn't always listen to songs that sound like this although I'll always return to them. I was first drawn to the feeling and mystery this kind of thing represents by Murmur in 1983 and have never quite relinquished its grip and the paths it subsequently led me down. Perhaps Dumb Things are currently a few places back in the queue Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever now stand at the front of. They don't as yet have the sheer ingenuity that band readily display in terms of adding improving touches to old masters. In the meantime this will more than do for now. Actually, not really for now, the record was originally released late in 2017 but I trust the band are still around. See Did Not Chart, where I originally chanced upon this record for more thoughts on it.
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