Lost & Lonesome Recording Co.
Melbourne Cans / Heat of the Night 12" LP Black Vinyl
Melbourne Cans / Heat of the Night 12" LP Black Vinyl
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Melbourne Cans / Heat of the Night 12" LP Black Vinyl
Cat #: L&LV111
Barcode: 934334407559
Format: 12" LP Black Vinyl
Release Date: 6/8/2018
Reeking of after-hours city laneways and seedy dive bars at the peak of a sweltering summer, the new Melbourne Cans album—their second—Heat of the Night is crammed with jilted imagery of hope and despair, of lust and desperation, of impossible promises and busted dreams.
Album opener ‘Heat.Night.City’ is a an apocalyptic love song set in a city on fire, whilst first single ‘A Shape in the River’ reflects upon a doomed relationship in which one member of the union has an underlying anger that can only survive by feeding off the happiness of the other... and by dragging their remains down into the depths of the river.
The emotive melodrama here is suggestive of the album's primary inspiration as a whole: film noir and neo-noir. Angel Heart, Body Double, Assault on Precinct 13, Body Heat, Chinatown.... Steeped in the stink and sweat of the city, Heat of the Night pays homage to these grimy, shadowy thrillers.
Ian Wallace’s ghoulish croon adds an air of creepy desperation to second single ‘Heart Turned Blue’ whose tremolo-heavy 50s balladry eventually gives way to a rush of low-down twang and swirling organ. Wallace tells the sad tale of Peggy Sue—in this case the embodiment of 50s rock ‘n’ roll—who has been found dead in her bed in a film-noir, Old Hollywood-type setting.
Elsewhere, Wallace hands the mic over to his bandmates—Nina Renee (of Suss Cunts) lends her wholesale wail to six-eight rollickers ‘Baby Don’t Be There’ and ‘Erotic Thriller’ while drummer Ash Buscombe takes lead on the joyously unhinged afterparty anthem ‘Prayers Answered’.
‘Moon Under Water’, a loving dedication to the late actor Debbie Reynolds, rounds out the set with some quality nostalgia, complete with old-timey whistled intro.
Track Listing:
A1 Heat.Night.City
A2 A Shape In The River
A3 Baby Don't Be There
A4 Heart Turned Blue
A5 Te Amo!
B1 Followed Home
B2 Riche$
B3 Prayers Answered
B4 Bellyache
B5 Erotic Thriller
B6 Moon Under Water
B5 Outside Of Ourselves
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