The bassist, Paul 'Duncs' Duncan, is in fact my uncle (My mums brother).  He played bass for Smudge from 1991 - 1993 He was also nice enough to give me a great yellow, marbled vinyl of this compilation, which I will attach images of below The bass playing is great Paul ;) By Patrick Baker Genre/s - Rock, Indie Guitar Pop Other Albums/Compilations: Manilow (1994) You, Me, Carpark...Now! (1996) Mo' Poontang  (1997) Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra (1998) This Smudge is True (2010) Similar Artist/s - Nic Dalton, Godstar, The Plunderers, The Lemonheads OVERALL RATING 8/10 Sydney-based band,  Smudge  (original members   Tom Morgan, Alison Galloway and Paul 'Duncs" Duncan) was started in 1991, only to produce the track 'Tea, Toast and Turmoil' for the Half A Cow 7" compilation. They would go on to record the 7" single, 'Don't Wanna B e  Grant Mc L ennan', which made John Peel's (English...

By Patrick Baker Genre/s - Alternative/Indie Other Albums/Compilations: 6 Feet Beneath The Moon (2013) A New Place 2 Drown (2015) The OOZ (2017) Similar Artists  - Mac DeMarco, The Microphones, Joe Strummer, Shane MacGowan _________________________________________________________________________ OVERALL RATING 8/10 _________________________________________________________________________ Man Alive!   is the fourth album released by the notoriously grim and enigmatic figure,  King Krule  (real name Archy Marshall), a London-based singer, songwriter, record producer and musician, known for his foggy, melancholic and avant-garde sounding tracks. Man Alive! builds on the already accomplished catalogue of King Krule, and provides a fresh, cohesive and polarising sound in the heavily saturated alternative/indie of today. It is an extremely personal album, which was most definitely impacted by his introduction to...