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‘Outta Sight/Outta Mind’ is the second album release from retro Kiwi rockers, The Datsuns. This album was home to the brilliant ‘Harmonic Generator’, fusing pop with their revisited rock sound. This album continues with more of the same, the same as the Von Bondies, Young Heart Attack, Modey Lemon and any other current ‘trendy’ you’d like to mention. This is not a slur on the album, just a recognition that it’s all been done before, but then that never stopped Oasis. The album opens with the first single to be lifted from the album, ‘Blacken My Thumb’. An immediately palatable riff pulsates through this furious sub-three minute romp. It may have been done before, but it’s still good, rather good. ‘Messin’ Around’ manages to imagines what would be the outcome of a Zeppelin and Quo love child raised by Iggy Pop. Sure, it’s gonna be a little unsure of what it is, but it’s interesting none the less. Followed by ‘Cherry Lane’, a track which would leave me unconvinced that it hasn’t been directly lifted from a Von Bondies album, if it weren’t for its lack of conviction. The album highlight ‘Hong Kong Fury’, which would have been more aptly titled ‘Hong Kong Phooey’, the theme tune to which is closely resembled, again consists of a huge glam riff, which wouldn’t sound out of place on the Audioslave album. Fans of the first Datsuns album will be satisfied with this offering, and with the current success of The Darkness, it seems there is still a market for the rock of old to be revisited. Well I suppose with the Stooges and Ramones outta sight/outta mind there’s no reasons not to. words: Luke J. Hillson |
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An
antipodean ‘The’ band. There are many musical sceptics
of both all things antipodean (Powderfinger, Mutton-Birds) or all
things ‘The’ (The Strokes, The Hives, The Vines). There’s
plenty of reason to do so, that four letter word … no, not
‘SHIT’ but ‘HYPE’ (Where ‘The The’
fit into things I’m not quite sure!).