Review - Names - Names (English version)
The town of Rye, a seaside resort and paradise for kitesurfers, located on the Mornington Peninsula in the state of Victoria, Australia, appeared on my personal map of Australian rock with the explosion of Legless Records , founded by Stiff Richards bassist Arron Mawson, which released highly influential records by Cutters, Doe St., Split System and others, as well as Stiff Richards themselves, of course. These records are mostly associated with punk and its subgenres, which have left a very specific mark on the music produced in this town located in the traditional territory of the Boon wurrung (Bunurong) people of the Kulin nation. With some surprise, but perhaps not so much given how varied Australian rock is these days, I came across Names while browsing Bandcamp, attracted precisely by the city they come from. The Rye sextet has tenuous links with the world of Legless, perhaps only with Doe St., because it offers a mixture of psychedelia, alt-country and rock “n” roll in a sound ...