Wayward Ways, My Pet Rocks
WHAT
WAYWARD WAYS
WHO
THE PET ROCKS
ON
BETE NOIRE RECORDS / FUSE
MYSPACE
MYSPACE.COM/THEPETROCKSBAND
WIN
ONE OF FIVE ALBUM COPIES. JUST EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT ‘MY PET ROCK'S NAME IS REGINALD'
With the cyclical nature of music these days, one would do well to pull a Rip Van Winkle - hibernate for a good 20 years ‘til your sound comes back in vogue. Ingenius.
Sydney-via-Auckland's The Pet Rocks just released their first album since 1998s PR NIGHTMARE. And WAYWARD WAYS sounds just like the kind of understated, unpretentious, unassuming indie rock you'd have heard widely on college radio across the mid-90s - slacker vocals, bouncing hooks, and just a little bit of fuzz to up your buzz.
This is all a good thing - a very very good thing. Take a listen to 'The Scots' (pure pop a la Pavement-meets-Ginger-era-Lilys), or 'Chinatown' (like The Model School's Brendan Wixted fronting BRMC) and see for yourself. There's a reason those slackers always seemed so stoked.
Release: Album
To Cure: An empty dancefloor
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