Posted by Hazel J Taylor on September 4, 2009
At the launch of Sydney band, The Scare’s second album Oozevoodo (Tuesday night, Hellen Rose, Surry Hills, Sydney) the band was introduced, after a big wrap, as - ultimately - ‘a bunch of old school dirty fucking rockers’. They sure are. For a group of Qld school friends (handy), this collection of manic, intense performers is actually made up of 5 incredibly polished and exceptionally talented musicians.
As well as demonstrating this obvious talent, Oozevoodo should also serve to further display the already public, very enviable talent of Silverchair/Dissociatives Daniel Johns (Oozevoodo marks Johns’ production debut). The big differences between the songs played on Tuesday night from one track to the next is really compelling, and how the band manage to pull off the way they sound with what appears to be minimum effort - while being crazy energetic and entertaining at the same time - is beyond me.
While The Scare are not for the faint hearted, they've mellowed out since their first album (Chivalry, released 2007). You’ll be in the firing line of a range of flying body products if you get too close, so back off if that's not your thing. The Scare are Children Collide’s support/special guests throughout September at various venues around Australia, and they’ll be playing Parklife (Sydney) on 4 October.
Photo by Luke Stephenson
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