“It’s been a golden year…” sing Sydney garage-rock band The Buoys. “Gold” with its buzzing fuzz guitars and pulsing insistent rhythm contains an ounce or two of the spirit of The Clean, in their primal modal drone “Point That Thing Somewhere Else” form. It’s a glorious noise for sure. Pure joy. Pure “Gold”.
It has been a golden year for new music, particularly when you look outside the mainstream of music formerly known as alternative-rock/ pop etc.
Bandcamp is your friend here, and one of the most reliable ways of expanding your music horizons is (still) via compilation albums from particular labels, scenes or geographic areas.
The Buoys are from Sydney, Australia and made up of Zoe (Vocals/Guitar), Hilary (Lead Guitar), Courtney (Bass), and Tess (Drums). They were one of the bands included on the compilation “Kick the Scarf, Volume 1” released by Stable Label, the Sydney independent record label that brought us one the fine album by The S Bends.
“Kick The Scarf is a webseries and online gig guide based in Sydney, Australia. The tracks featured on this compilation appeared in the first season of Kick The Scarf. The selection of tracks is a representation of guitar based indie happening in our city right now! The tracks are presented here for your listening pleasure on classic black vinyl!”
“Gold” is also available as a 7″ single from Sydney’s Stable Label.
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