Adult. - Anxiety Always

Okay, so in Spring 2003, from Australia, with 12 hard-hitting songs is Adult. Well, technically its 10 tracks, with an additional 2, but hey, who’s actually counting? They remind me of Ladytron, and a harder version of The Faint, and somewhere around Mindless Self Indulgence.

Signed to Spunk! Records, i checked out the site and apparently it has a nice list of artists such as The Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, The Books, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, The Unicorns etc. Well, obviously, The Shins are on Sub Pop, Sufjan on Asthmatic Kitty, so i have no idea whats going on there, but still, an impressive collection of artists.

Anyway, back to Adult. The woman’s voice is edgey and metallic, but still obviously human, like a nagging tone. Some may not enjoy it, it reminds me of a female Little Jimmy Urine, with less sexual references and less vocal range. I guess that wasnt that great of a comparison, but oh well.

i actually prefer the first track “cold call”. It’s jsut such a good opener, like a preporation to what you’re about to hear. I related it to “marching bands of manhatten” – death cab for cutie’s plans. They both just gradulay grow into the album. “Blank Eyed Nose Bleed” and “Nervous (wreck)” make me happy. But I think that “Kick in the Shin” is my favorite track. at first it reminded me or the begining of a song by The Faint. As soon as the vocals came in, i loved it.

I “discovered” Adult. within genre searching at the site i get my music from nowadays. Thank you electronic sector of the music pool!

Last seen on tour in Europe, last January and Febuary.

“Wouldn’t it be nice to go to a party

And be the only one there?

Blank eyed, nose bleed.

Blank eyed, nose bleed.

I’ve been working on increasing my anxiety.

It’s something I can do for free.”

-“Blank Eyed, Nose Bleed”