rivermouth

[ThunderIdeal]

this brisbane group is on triple J unearthed

https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/rivermouth

... but is triple J actually flogging them? they should be!!! i heard them on brisbane community radio.

i just love their poignant, inflammatory lyrics and wanted to help share them around. that's all for now.

 

 

"are we cool yet?"

Hi, we're Rivermouth. We live in the stormwater drains beneath Brisbane's West End. Our music is a blend of spoken word, hip hop, jazz, funk, reggae and excellent chai. Lyrics are important. We want to tickle your cerebrum and tug your heartstrings at the same time. Our vocalist is a cross between a typewriter and a megaphone. Our keyboardist is a classically trained virtuoso mad scientist. Our bassist plays in the Richter Scale Our drummer's great-grandfather was a metronome. You can dance to our music or you can just sit, listen, stroke your chin and nod thoughtfully. If we were a tree, we would be a mangrove. But we're not a tree. We're a band. Some of our best friends are brushtail possums. The possums like our political songs the most. We don't really live in stormwater drains. We live in houses. Our favourite gigs are the ones underneath houses or down the bottom of overgrown backyards. Rivermouth has just released our first EP - Etchings and Scratchings. It has seven tracks, but we're still calling it an EP. It's available for download at http://rivermouthband.bandcamp.com We hope you like our music.

Edited June 26, 2014 by ThunderIdeal

[ThunderIdeal]

http://rivermouthband.bandcamp.com/track/world-ignite

that track deserves a listen too

i like the sense of desperation in the vocals when he's belting them out, which is probably just how his voice sounds up loud, maybe shortness of breath or anxiety but it suits the subject matter.