Brisbane teen trio impress with an eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively) set of songs that are self-deprecating but never maudlin,prematurely world-weary but never cynicalSometimes, not often, and magic happens.
Listening to the debut album from Brisbane three-piece the Goon Sax is like living inside a great Australian coming-of-age film – Noah Taylor/Loene Carmen’s The Year My Voice Broke,for example sun-blinded wonder and trembling insecurities hidden under rapidly shedding layers of confidence. Each song is a wistful vignette, coloured by accident and hope, and the commonplace transformed into the exceptional through a few carefully chosen bass lines and loping vocals – Ice Cream (On My Own),Sometimes Accidentally. Eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively), prematurely (adult) world-weary but never cynical.
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Source: theguardian.com