The five tracks on this EP are drawn from the original Australian versions of the band’s early LPs, whose track listings were different from the American LPs.
Fly on the Wall introduces drummer Simon Wright, and the production shows concessions to the era’s production practices, but otherwise, it’s business as usual.
Fans regard this as the beginning of the end, but it’s actually quite a strong album: Fine performances, strong songs, and the bludgeoning closer “Brain Shake.”
“That’s the Way I Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll,” approximately the band’s 357,985th ode to the joys of rock ‘n’ roll, is just as enjoyable as the previous 357,984.
You know you’re in for a high-energy live set when the opener is the berserk “Riff Raff,” considerably crazier than the already hepped-up Powerage version.
This is what you danced to at that club when you were so fritzed that the lights ran water and you drank yourself dehydrated. But you danced. Oh did you dance.
Driving into a setting sun, still-green trees rush by with a gleam of orange as you cruise down a winding road, summer in your hair, Fall at your back tires.
As literary, observational, and pensive as it is a humorous celebration of “the little things,” The Trouble With Sweeney give Philly another reason to be proud.
All nine songs on Long Knives Drawn are packed with conviction, from bassist/vocalist Caithlin De Marrais’ confident howl to the abundance of melodic hooks.