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Eddy Current Suppression Ring release their second album, Primary Colours on Melodic Records

Eddy Current Suppression Ring release their second album, Primary Colours on Melodic Records.  Release date: August 18th 2009

From the moment I hit play I was taken back to the dirty record shop up the street from where I grew up; back in the day you could find me hunting through stacks of old records searching for bands like The Fall and Wire.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring, bring a contemporary, truly carefree feel to the post-punk genre that frankly has been missing in recent years.

This Aussie group has been receiving rave reviews back in Australia with Primary Colours reaching number six on the national album charts, and recently going on to win the Australian Music Prize (the equivalent to the Mercury Music Prize), and its not hard to see why. The album is defined by powerful riffs and an almost lazy tension, that some how holds it all together creating an album that feels rather rough around the edges – but in the best way.

Primary colours, the second album by Eddy Current Suppression Ring, is a mix of post punk, rolling power ballads like Wrapped Up, to fun almost dancy tracks like We’ll Be Turned On. From beginning to end, the album maintains a fun energetic vibe that has listeners reminiscing of ’80s post-punk mixed in with a little bit of surf.

Marking a bit of a departure from the ’76 sound of their first ep, this band has clearly developed there sound becoming less frantic and slightly more palatable.  Full of finely crafted guitar riffs and the occasional debut of a synthesizer, this album overall is pretty kick ass and should not be missed.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours tracklist:

1. Memory Lane
2. Sunday’s Coming
3. Wrapped Up
4. Colour Television
5. Inside Of Me
6. I Admit My Faults
7. Which Way To Go
8. You Let Me Be Honest With You
9. We’ll Be Turned On
10. I Don’t Wanna Play No More