12. The Mess Hall- Notes From a Ceiling.


One guitarist, one drummer. Familiar set-up for sure and in all cases the mass of sound these bands create just astounds me. In this case a Sydney twosome recreate the noisy blues a band like Black Keys (another twopiece) so succesfully employs but adds a rock 'n roll swagger and tons of intensity that live already makes this band to one of the most exciting I've seen here but on record manages to capture that for a very large part. Unlike the Keys, they don't get bogged down in one genre but crossover to more genres. There's the Killers-like hi-hattery of Disco # 1, the tongue-in-cheek metal of, er, Metal & Hair or Didley with its bouncing Toollike guitarriff. Only Pills resembles too much of Queens Of The Stone Age's No One Knows but the rest is fresh and original. I can see this band sweep some overseas festivals and win a lot of souls. Notes From A Ceiling is your starter for ten then but don't miss them live.