Loose Lips

Reviews

Loose Lips Last Laugh LP

A great goddamn rock’n’roll record. Owing as much to the NEW YORK DOLLS as they do to Australian power pop heroes LITTLE MURDERS, this band is a murderer’s row of current Australian rock purveyors (members of the CHATS, CHUBBY AND THE GANG, and the criminally underrated STREET SWEEPER) but goes beyond their other projects here. The more energy they put into the songs, the more I get out of it, which isn’t to say the slower tempo tunes don’t fuck (they do, they do fuck), but when this goes, it makes me want to fucking go. Not gonna waste your time here, this is catchy, guitar-driven rock music for fucking everyone. I love this, go buy it.

Loose Lips One More Chance EP

Featuring members of the PRIZE, the CHATS, and CHUBBY AND THE GANG, I was definitely set up with high expectations and interested in what sound might win out in that wild game of rock, paper, scissors. Fans of any of those bands will be excited to hear these songs, and I think the classic punky power pop sounds of the PRIZE jump out first. One thing here which helps differentiate this EP from the sounds made in the members’ other projects was the splash of bar boogie, especially in the track “Told You So.” And while I don’t think these tracks vastly outshine their other projects or anything (at least in this first offering), I imagine they had a blast putting these songs together, and that energy definitely shines through. Would love to hear how this project might evolve further in the future.