PRE-ORDER: WOOLLEN KITS - Weather The Storm [Vinyl]

Fourteen years have passed since Woollen Kits released two albums in a single year, but Melbourne/Naarm's beloved Kits are back to remind listeners what they've been missing all this time. Weather the Storm still draws from the same deck of cards, but opens the door to some more classically renowned influences like The Velvet Underground, Television Personalities, Beat Happening, Marine Girls, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, et al. Across ten tracks it's clear just how well they can write a hook, a verse, a chorus, a song; bringing together themes of everyday life, love and sincerity with aphorisms, stories and the classic sound fans know and love. Woollen Kits' approach is almost as minimal and primitive as it was back in 2007, when singer/guitarist Tom Hardisty first sent a few channels into the red on an old Tascam tape machine. Simple chords, strong melodies, witty lyrics and a clear message. It's a hell of a combination when it's done well, and one they would only refine from there. Tom (Hardisty) recruited a second Tom (Ridgewell, drums) and a Leon (Applebee, guitar) to help guide his new Cramps/Half Japanese-worship bedroom project into a real-life band, playing their first gig on NYE '08 before launching into 2009 to record their first canon release, the Teenage Love 7". Yes, much time has passed since the band's last record, Four Girls, came out in late 2012, but in the interim members have released plenty of other music across numerous projects, including Constant Mongrel, Nun, Canine Apathy, The UV Race, TB Ridge as The Director, Calamari Girls, and more.

01 All These Things
02. Blossom and Bloom
03. Back of a Truck
04. Turn Again
05. (Remember) December
06. Home
07. Down Your Street
08. In the Black
09. Two Surnames
10. Little Light