ROUGH MUSIC was conceived and written in 2014 and 2015 on the Gold Coast and recorded in Feb-June 2016 by Cameron Smith at Incremental Records in Coorparoo, Brisbane. Smith also mixed and mastered the album.
Benjamin Thompson(Pale Earth, Rational Academy) and Smith himself (Ghost notes, Mt Augustus) feature on the album, Thompson playing bass, organ, guitar and vocals, and Smith on drums, bass and saw. Angie Robinson contributes vocals to 'Western Thoughts'. Charles himself provides vocals, guitar and occasional piano to the proceedings.
The album marks a 'radical seachange' and describes death of friends, isolation, joy , sadness and the surreal nature of emerging into a new location with the past seeming like a bad dream, with the future remaining wide open like a void,
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This Cubbyhouse release February 3, 2017
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Cameron Smith at Incremental Records Feb-June 2016.
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released February 3, 2017
Doin' It Clean - Greg Charles - Guitars, Vocals
Benjamin Thompson - Bass
Cameron Smith - Drums
Carbarita Beach - Greg Charles - Guitars, Vocals
Benjamin Thompson - Bass IV, Vocals
Cameron Smith - Drums
Love Is the Answer - Greg Charles - Guitars, Vocals
Benjamin Thompson - Bass IV
Cameron Smith - Drums
She Came Down From Tamborine - Greg Charles - Guitars, vocals
Benjamin Thompson - Bass IV,Organ, Guitar
Cameron Smith - Drums
Western Thoughts - Greg Charles - Guitars, Vocals
Benjamin Thompson - Bass IV
Angie Robinson - Backing Vocals
Rough Music - Greg Charles - Guitars, Vocals, Piano
Riff-heavy, blown-out garage-punk from the UK's Dez Dare with lyrics aimed at the political forces of division and isolation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 18, 2021