Six Ft Hick - On The Rocks (Album)

Six Ft Hick first came to my attention at the Hootenanny Spring Fair in Erskineville in 1999 where very few Sydneysiders had witnessed these rawkus Queenslanders before and there were many jaws hitting the floor after their half hour set of crazy, sweaty and ferocious brand of sleazy hicksville rock’n’roll.

That was eight years ago and four albums later and they still impress. It is reassuring that a band as dangerous as Six Ft Hick still exists out there in this day where the look of the band can be more important than the music they play.

If you haven’t heard of them yet, then shame on you! They have been the support act of choice for many of the finest rock bands to visit our shores in the past ten years and more than often they would blow the headline acts away with their dual vocal assault and acrobatic stage antics. On The Rocks is as close as they will ever get to capturing the live energy that goes into a Six Ft Hick show – you can almost see the Corbett brother’s sweat dripping out of the CD player whilst this album is playing.

On The Rocks opens with ‘Sirens Pt 1’, a spaghetti western style instrumental before diving head first into ‘White Light, Wet Heat’ which is a serious slab of white trash, bourbon fuelled punk’n’roll. ‘Subject to Change’ and ‘La Galleon’ are other highlights at follow their tried and true formula but they also take the foot off the accelerator to get all dark and twangy on songs like ‘Live Girls’ and ‘Euthanise Our Love’ (feat Adilita of Magic Dirt). Whilst Six Ft Hick may have been guilty of including a few filler tracks on previous releases, that is not the case here; every song is worthy making it one of the better Australian releases over the past year.

On The Rocks is Six Ft Hick’s most accomplished album thus far. They are running with arguably their strongest line up to date here and the song writing on this release is far beyond their previous efforts.

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