Strange Love
Introducing Bleak Squad; the most well-known Australian band no oneâs heard of.
Bleak Squad are a new Melbourne based four-piece comprised of Australian art-rock royalty â co-authors of some of the most critically-acclaimed antipodean music of the last 40 years. Featuring Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting), âsupergroupâ is an embarrassing word. âSupernaturalâ might be more apt.
Bleak Squadsâs debut LP Strange Love is the evolving sum of these parts, one that sees all four members juggle multiple instruments, songwriting, their own idiosyncrasies and - in the case of Adalita and Harvey - lead vocal duties. The nine songs percolate on brooding guitars, slippery bass lines, organ drones, Brownâs lyrical drumming, and the unmistakable, illogical fizz of Turnerâs guitar squawks. Over it, Adalita and Harvey swap and share tales of love dampened, hope on hold and threaded tendrils of acceptance.
The nine songs on Strange Love reflect this alchemy â a regal compilation of bruised tunes that swoon and sizzle, while betraying the historic confidence of its members. Opener âLost My Headâ, the loping title track and âEverything Must Changeâ build from sparse rock chugs to a swampy swagger, while the gorgeous âWorld Go to Hellâ and lonesome âBlue Signsâ skirt celestial depression. By the time closer âMelanieâ collapses in squalls of distortion, something is excised. Itâs less a statement from veteran players, than a conjuring of something kinetic and conversational.
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Strange Love
Introducing Bleak Squad; the most well-known Australian band no oneâs heard of.
Bleak Squad are a new Melbourne based four-piece comprised of Australian art-rock royalty â co-authors of some of the most critically-acclaimed antipodean music of the last 40 years. Featuring Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting), âsupergroupâ is an embarrassing word. âSupernaturalâ might be more apt.
Bleak Squadsâs debut LP Strange Love is the evolving sum of these parts, one that sees all four members juggle multiple instruments, songwriting, their own idiosyncrasies and - in the case of Adalita and Harvey - lead vocal duties. The nine songs percolate on brooding guitars, slippery bass lines, organ drones, Brownâs lyrical drumming, and the unmistakable, illogical fizz of Turnerâs guitar squawks. Over it, Adalita and Harvey swap and share tales of love dampened, hope on hold and threaded tendrils of acceptance.
The nine songs on Strange Love reflect this alchemy â a regal compilation of bruised tunes that swoon and sizzle, while betraying the historic confidence of its members. Opener âLost My Headâ, the loping title track and âEverything Must Changeâ build from sparse rock chugs to a swampy swagger, while the gorgeous âWorld Go to Hellâ and lonesome âBlue Signsâ skirt celestial depression. By the time closer âMelanieâ collapses in squalls of distortion, something is excised. Itâs less a statement from veteran players, than a conjuring of something kinetic and conversational.
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Introducing Bleak Squad; the most well-known Australian band no oneâs heard of.
Bleak Squad are a new Melbourne based four-piece comprised of Australian art-rock royalty â co-authors of some of the most critically-acclaimed antipodean music of the last 40 years. Featuring Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting), âsupergroupâ is an embarrassing word. âSupernaturalâ might be more apt.
Bleak Squadsâs debut LP Strange Love is the evolving sum of these parts, one that sees all four members juggle multiple instruments, songwriting, their own idiosyncrasies and - in the case of Adalita and Harvey - lead vocal duties. The nine songs percolate on brooding guitars, slippery bass lines, organ drones, Brownâs lyrical drumming, and the unmistakable, illogical fizz of Turnerâs guitar squawks. Over it, Adalita and Harvey swap and share tales of love dampened, hope on hold and threaded tendrils of acceptance.
The nine songs on Strange Love reflect this alchemy â a regal compilation of bruised tunes that swoon and sizzle, while betraying the historic confidence of its members. Opener âLost My Headâ, the loping title track and âEverything Must Changeâ build from sparse rock chugs to a swampy swagger, while the gorgeous âWorld Go to Hellâ and lonesome âBlue Signsâ skirt celestial depression. By the time closer âMelanieâ collapses in squalls of distortion, something is excised. Itâs less a statement from veteran players, than a conjuring of something kinetic and conversational.
