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Guy's musical activities used to be overshadowed ███ ███ in many people's minds by his fanzine production and, back ███ ███ in Perth, by his reputation generally as a scenester and ███ ███ arbiter of taste. These days, in Melbourne, he still does ███ ███ things like DJing and radio, and run his label Chapter; he ███ ███ also plays bass in Minimum Chips, but his songwriting ███ ███ skills are focused on Sleepy Township. He formed the band ███ ███ and named it, and in its early days he was its only ███ ███ songwriter; it was his vehicle. Mia Schoen on guitar, ███ ███ keyboards, occasional bass and vocals is an ███ ███ extraordinarily versatile musician and artist and also the ███ ███ partner of the present writer. If you think I am therefore ███ ███ going to be biased in my assessment of her work you should ███ ███ perhaps listen to her two remarkable songs on the EP this ███ ███ press release is intended to promote. Mia, who also plays ███ ███ in Long Weekend, Huon and Driving Past, began her musical ███ ███ career in the band Molasses, a group which still casts a ███ ███ magic spell of transfixion on many Perthites who remember ███ ███ its deservedly meteoric rise in the early-to-mid-90s. Mia ███ ███ was already a member of Sleepy Township when Molasses ███ ███ finally bit the dust, but her role broadened from that of ███ ███ an instrumentalist to songwriter and singer in the band. ███ ███ Chris Gorman on drums and vocals is similarly a legend in ███ ███ Perth and made a name for himself most particularly in the ███ ███ group Mustang, once again in the early 90s. Though he has ███ ███ long been known as a master drummer, Chris's vocal ███ ███ abilities have gained prominence during his time in Sleepy ███ ███ Township, a talent that until recently he was exploiting ███ ███ in a parallel career in the hugely successful Jaguar is ███ ███ Jaguar. He joined Sleepy Township in 1995 to replace early ███ ███ drummer Paul Williams who was going north. Alison Bolger ███ ███ on bass and occasional guitar, keyboards and vocals is the ███ ███ most recent addition to Sleepy Township; the only member ███ ███ of the group who does not have a Perth origin, Alison is a ███ ███ dextrous multi-instrumentalist, the only person I know who ███ ███ was able to get a tune out of a piano accordion I bought, ███ ███ even though she'd never played one. Originally from ███ ███ Brisbane, she was a member of Clag and also plays in Panel ███ ███ of Judges. All members of the group write songs; all are ███ ███ multi-faceted as performers. Where this occasionally might ███ ███ cause bafflement for audiences, confusion almost always ███ ███ changes to delight. ███ ███ Though they may appear directionless the band has managed ███ ███ to travel considerably within Australia, and to produce a ███ ███ number of records: a split single with the Cannanes in ███ ███ '96, a three-song 7" the following year, an album, Set ███ ███ Sail, in '98, and many contributions to compilations ███ ███ around the world. ███ ███ Journalists try hard to pin a tag on Sleepy Township; the ███ ███ old warhorse of 'lo-fi' comes up a lot, though it is ███ ███ clearly inaccurate in this case. I would say that it's ███ ███ difficult to deny that the group takes some of its musical ███ ███ cues from the 1960s groups of the west coast of the USA; ███ ███ covers they've done live in the last few years, by Love ███ ███ and the Beach Boys, bear this not-very-original ███ ███ observation out. Unlike many musicians, they do have a ███ ███ good sense of history and can name and value their ███ ███ precedents, and that's important, because it means they're ███ ███ not repeating anyone else, let alone themselves. ███ ███ On this EP, four songs appear which bear this out to ███ ███ anyone's satisfaction. Mia's opener, 'Morning', is typical ███ ███ of her work: fast-paced, melodic, says what it has to say ███ ███ and gets out fast, but leaves you feeling infinitely ███ ███ richer for the experience. It's followed by Chris's song ███ ███ 'Love and Hate', which leans towards the heavier scale of ███ ███ things, though Sleepy Township can get much harsher if ███ ███ they want to. The verse here reminds me of the Reels' ███ ███ first album, and the chorus makes me think of early 70s ███ ███ Stones. Maybe you have other ideas. On side two, Guy's ███ ███ song 'Reve Marine', which he performs here in French with ███ ███ his usual delightful single-minded idiosyncrasy, is a ███ ███ loping piece of whimsy performed Charles Aznavour-style. ███ ███ All that is missing is the sound of bubbles rising to the ███ ███ surface and someone banging on a big pipe and yelling ███ ███ 'full steam ahead', but that's probably already been done. ███ ███ Mia's 'Central Station' is a good example of her mastery ███ ███ of the craft; it's performed as a straight-ahead pop song ███ ███ here, but it could just as easily be performed as cocktail ███ ███ jazz, or r 'n' b. ███ █▓█ █▓█ ▀█▄███ /twee ███▄█▀ ▒████▄▄ ▄▄████▒ ▄ ▀██▓█▓▄▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█ ▄ ▄▄ █▀▀█ ▄▄ ▄ █▄ █▄▄ █▄▄ █▄▄▄▓█▓██▀ ▄ ██▀ █▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓██▓▓▓▓██▓▓▓█▓▓█▓█▓██▓██▓██▓█▓█▓▓█▓▓▓██▓▓▓▓██▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ▀██ ▀█▄ ████▓▓███▀████▀███▀███▀█▀▀▀ █▄█ █▄█ ▀▀▀█▀███▀███▀████▀███▓▓████ ▄█▀ ████▓█▓▀▀ ▄ █ ▄▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▄ █ ▄ ▀▀▓█▓████ ▀▓██ [.INiQURiES] ██▓▀ █▓█ █▓█ ▄█▓▓ twee is completely happy as it is(NO MERGES) ▓▓█▄ █▓██ but still - rippers/whatever are always welcome ██▓█ ▄█▓▓ otherwise just be in #twee ▓▓█▄ █▓██ ██▓█ ██▓▓ ▓▓██ ▄██▓▓█ █▓▓██▄ █▓▓████ ████▓▓█ ██▀ ▀███▄ ▄███▀ ▀██ █▀ ▀▄ ▀█▓██▄▄ ▄▄██▓█▀ ▄▀ ▀█ ██▄█▀ ▄██▓▓▒███▄ ▄███▒▓▓██▄ ▀█▄██ ▀▀ ▄█▀ ▀█▓▓▒░░██ ▀ ASCii By AyLieN Of CHEMiCAL REACTiON ▀ ██░░▒▓▓█▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀█▄▀ █▀██▀▀███ █▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄██ ███▀▀██▀█ ▀▄█▀ ██ █▓▓███▄██▄ ▄█ █▄ ▄██▄███▓▓█ ██ ▀▄██ ██▀▀█▓▓▓▓█▓▓▓█▓█▓████▓█▓█▓▓▓█▓▓▓▓█▀▀██ ██▄▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀█ ▀▀▀█▀ ▀█▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▄ ▀ ▀