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- Melbourne quintet debut with a stunning
sonic pop squall. Pencil-necked vocals and cardboard box drums are drenched in high
decibel guitar distortion that transforms the pigeon-chested pop song buried underneath
into a supersonic, post-rock noisefest. Dig it.
- Juke (Melboune) April 1992. Stephen
Walker.
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- More of a Flying Nun sound than anything
else, bolstered by the occasional but grand strips of harsh guitar overindulgence (circa
early Dinosaur) all housed by modest production from Chris Thompson and basic song
structure that is both familiar and elusive. Over, Roll is even more assertive as
its teasing melody locks horns with a tidy lead break that spirals off somewhere into the
stratosphere. Your attention please!
- Beat (Melbourne) April 1992.
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- The local lads release their collector's
item debut (there's only 750 of them and the labels are printed on the wrong side). The
music is good, too. Noise pop. "The guitars are loud with a capital L", the bio
says. Not as powered as their live presentation, but both songs have an endearing raw
quality.
- In*Press (Melbourne) May 1992.
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- Some recording plant rhode scholar has made
sure that the Earthmen's single Stacey's Cupboard/Roll has the A and B side labels
stuck on the wrong sides. This would be a problem except for the way that both sides of
this noise pop treat sound equally appealing. Stacey's Cupboard starts off sweet
enough before becoming a grinding mess of guitar. Rather like Dinosaur Jr's stab at Just
Like Heaven. Roll, the second tune, is a little mellower but neat as well. The
piece of fuzzed out simplicity is available for a limited run of 750 on Summershine
records so don't delay.
- In*Press (Melbourne) April 1992.
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- The Earthmen, the impressive Victorian
winners of Triple J's J-sessions last year with a demo that sounded like it was taped on
someone's patio, offer up a feast of fuzz-pop on this, their debut single. They switch
expertly between clean, crisp melody and grinding, distored guitars in a satisfying
combination for most of the song. It ends up with a fuzz-ball of feedback that
unfortunately doesn't really go anywhere, falling short of the expectations built up
beforehand. Apart from that, Stacey's Cupboard is a tempting first release.
- The Age, EG (Melbourne) May 1992.
Victoria Thieberger.
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