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Fang Island: Fang Island (2010)

The ever-so cold winter season has approached us Australian’s, and as the nation currently wraps up in snuggies and long sleeved clothes,  we want nothing more than an early summer to knock on the door.

In high hopes, Fang Island’s self titled album is second to a climate change. As the band describes their own music as “everyone high-fiving everyone”, it’s bright, scorching and overwhelming guitar riffs defrost ones senses and feet the moment that the infection album starts.

Consisting of three guitarists, the exciting irresistible band take the sense of exuberance that one step further imagined. Taking ever song written and soaking it in sugar fuelled rage, imagine if the Fang Island guys were allowed sherbet sticks.

Filled with monstrous gang vocal chants on most songs, Fang Island creates music that bursts at the seam, bursts with tremendous flavour and talent.  Standing at just under 30 minutes, the crew waste no time, and get the ball rolling within the first song. No time for a break, no pit stops, just a consistent busy pace for most of the record. However the uplifting, high note guitar melody found on slower track “Sideswiper” are made all more effective to do its rarity.

With minimal lyrics, the pop-punk-experimental and often instrumental songs are reminiscent of the likes of Spoon and Modest Mouse. The album’s single “Daisy” bombards the listener with glowing waves of frequency and intensity, similar to that of a wild party, and it’s not until the grand choir song “Davey Crockett” that as the louder the clan get, the bigger the sound of the band and distortion amplifies.

If you want to smile, dance, move and shake, this is the album for you. The ecstasy that Fang Island gives is that good that chances are that listeners will want to relive the moment as many times as possible. It’s like a bad rash, it’s not going to end anytime soon. At least you want to keep Fang Island in your life.