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Fanatic! I’m posting the notes for our next show super early so I have one more chance to remind you about the Dischord box set mentioned below. I’m doing this because Dischord really isn’t kidding about the June 11 cut off.
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The Vovos
“This song is a silly rant about how weird and small our capital city is,” say Melbourne five-piece The Vovos about ‘Compromise’ – a song that’s more of a love-hate ode to Canberra, “
a big small town” as the chorus goes.
The Vovos are everything you want a lo-fi indie rock band to be: sharp, witty and sporting kick-ass hooks. ‘Compromise’ will have you yelling along from its first chorus: “
Canberra/
Canberra/
Nobody likes you,” they sing, as if graffitied and dart-riddled posters of our country’s capital adorn their bedroom walls.
Like Vivian Girls or Dum Dum Girls before them, The Vovos share the charm of that mid-2000’s lo-fi indie rock scene without ever falling into pastiche or nostalgia: ‘Compromise’ sounds fresh and exciting, even if its message is as old as the city itself.