MIDNIGHT OIL - Place Without A Postcard LP swamp leaving form and convention behind

leaving form and convention behind to create something enthralling and engaging

but there's not a truly bad song here

but one interesting enough to wake up for each morning

Fifth album from the cult Tasmanian duo - consisting of singer/synth operator Chloe Alison Escott and bassist Julian Teakle - pairs minimalist post-punk bass and drum machine arrangements with twisting

MIDNIGHT OIL - Place Without A Postcard LP swamp leaving form and convention behindHighly recommended. Place Without a Postcard rails about awkward, unpopular truths affecting regular people. The street level struggles in the down and out suburbs, the mundane existence of the anonymous, the awkwardness of reality brought forth in a collection of sweaty, blotchy, ugly tales. At least three reasonably successful singles emerged from this album, the best known probably being opening track "Don't Wanna Be The One". But more memorable