Children Collide - The Long Now (Album)
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Australian music feels to be getting exciting and a little dangerous again, at least to me, and Children Collide’s first long player comes out baring its gnarled fists ready to punch you in the face with its angst, frustration, fear and love of astronomy. You’ll pick your sorry music loving arse off the unvaccuumed floor of your poorly maintained outer suburbs flat, press play again, and ask the band to smack you good and hard on the other cheek, just because it feels so good. While you’re looking at the world from an ant’s perspective, gurgling back the blood that’s slowly filling your mouth away from your esophagus, you’ll find a pleasant, satisfied smile upon your wonderfully disfigured face.
Okay, that’s crap, but Children Collide's The Long Now is fuelled with energy that leaves you asking for a second bout. The guitars move from typical, steady rock riffs to flowing, effected solo flights that make some tracks instantly identifiable. The bass flits from solid, reliable bottom end to its own leading moments on the album, and the drums are just tough. and possibly manned by a silver back gorilla, or perhaps Animal from the Muppets.
Not all the songs will want to beat you senseless with their energy though, as there are also gentle moments of pondering and loneliness that wander into the commonly walked hallways of pop now and again, pulling you back up onto your feet, gently cleaning away the blood stains form around your face, handing you an ice-pack , a pat on the shoulder and a reassuring smile before politely asking you to part your legs so it can give your bundle of mixed fruit a good crushing with it’s steel capped boots of ROCK when the next track rolls around.
The lyrics are thoughtful, honest, occasionally mildly mushy, often laced with concerns of our current world climate and space references. Almost every song is anthemic by nature, none more so that the instantly recognisable Social Currency.
The Long Now is full of great rock and roll, and the perfect companion to your summer sweat.
