Seance Lists 2

Recently Michael Cullen's Love Transmitter arrived in the CD review pile
for the Uni magazine I edit. I'm not sure I've heard of this guy (he's
Australian) but the blurb said "produced by Tim Powles" so I grabbed it.

This from the track Transmission:

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she said "I didn't mean to be rude"
I didn't see it otherwise could be construed
"you have an innocent face perfect for deception"
we talked about adultery and redemption
she said that finnn was good and gave cave a nod
then she told me that kilbey was god
well I laughed at that ... as you might
then the rush came and I thought she was right
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(And yes, there are three n's in "finnn" on the lyric sheet. Not sure if
this is a typo or an attempt to differentiate between the Finn brothers.)

It's like a darker and crunchier version of Stephen Cummings' recent stuff
(blurb suggests Swervedriver as an influence). I heard a lot of Go
Betweens in there too (they also get namedropped on one track), recent
Leonard Cohen too perhaps. Strong growly deep vocals. Strong production,
though I found a couple of tracks a bit overcooked at first listen. Lyrics
need work, decent ideas but too many very forced rhymes or near-rhymes.

Kevin Bonham.