ARTiST: The Panics
ALBUM: Cruel Guards
BiTRATE: 205kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Dew Process
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 94.53 megs
PLAYTiME: 1h 00min 52sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-10-12
STORE DATE: 2007-10-15
Track List: Disc #1/2
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01. Get Us Home 4:16
02. Ruins 3:41
03. Creaks 4:02
04. Don't Fight It 5:01
05. Feeling Is Gone 3:23
06. Cruel Guards 5:14
07. Live Without 4:17
08. Something In The Garden 4:57
09. I Confess 3:59
10. Sundowner 5:18
Track List: Disc #2/2
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01. Lazyitis 3:55
02. One Too Many Mornings 2:28
03. Factory Girl 2:31
04. Who By Fire 3:04
05. Just Like A Woman 4:46
Release Notes:
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Sometimes you know an album is going to be great as soon as you hear the
beginning of the first song. Think back to favourite albums and how they stood
bold and proud from the first note, inviting you to fall in love with and daring
you to not recognise its brilliance.
Get Us Home, the lead track from The Panics' first album on Dew Process is one
such song. It kicks off with a big drum roll and a soaring string section,
invoking the spirit of The Beatles and classic Motown. Deliriously catchy, not
quite dance, not quite pop, and totally infectious. Get Us Home is followed by
nine other songs, including first single Don't Fight It, that keep up the
quality to the last note.
At the heart of the beauty of Cruel Guards is its unmistakable Australianness.
There is a sense of space and scale that speaks of only one country. Musically
the link may not be obvious but there is the same sense of our wide brown land
that runs through the best work of The Triffids, The Go Betweens and Nick Cave.
"They were onto a good thing and were never pop stars because of it but it
showed the importance of embracing where you're from and who you are," Laffer
says. "There aren't obvious lyrical references to Australia in the lyrics, but
we are proud to fly our flag and we'd like to carry on in the tradition of our
favourite groups who went away but continued to identify with this country."
"I'm really proud of everything we've done but I'd like this album to be
instantly appealing. We want to be able to continue what we are doing but expand
the audience," Laffer explains.
The Panics are unique. They have been allowed to grow and blossom. And blossom
they have. This bunch of songs has immediate appeal and lasting beauty.
"Hopefully it will make people raise an eyebrow. We didn't want to just give
Panics fans something they are used to. I'd rather people were surprised and
hopefully see that there aren't any other guitar groups in this country making
records like this "
The Limited Edition includes a second CD: has covers by famous artists like
Happy Mondays, The Rolling stones, Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen.