{"id":88090,"date":"2019-08-14T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=88090"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:25:47","slug":"review-press-club-wasted-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-press-club-wasted-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Press Club &#8211; Wasted Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88093 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/106005.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u2018<em>Late Teens<\/em>\u2019 &#8211; the debut LP from Melbourne indie-punks <strong>Press Club <\/strong>&#8211; was a riotous statement of intent. With huge choruses backed by stirring instrumentation, the record saw the four-piece breakthrough onto the international stage. Now, one year later, their second record picks up where the first left off.<\/p>\n<p>With \u2018<em>Wasted Energy<\/em>\u2019, any concern that <strong>Press Club<\/strong> wouldn\u2019t be able to follow up such a strong start is put to rest. As soon as the first refrain of \u2018<em>Separate Houses<\/em>\u2019 kicks in and embeds itself into the listener\u2019s brain, it becomes clear that this band are here to stay. Vocalist Natalie Foster is (once again) the album&#8217;s driving force, and she strikes a fantastic balance between earworm-inducing melody and a wonderfully charismatic punk snarl.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, this record is a continuation of \u2018<em>Late Teens<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 just with a far better production job and a lot more bite to it. It\u2019s encompassed by the same late-summer-evening vibe, sketching a vivid portrait through each track in the same way that Aussie peers The Smith Street Band do. Still, the lyricism is wider in scope this time around; focusing as much on socio-political themes as introspective, personal ones. With such impassioned delivery, it works even better.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Press Club - Get Better\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1VKbm0__G7o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The instrumental prowess on display here shouldn\u2019t be overlooked either. The seemingly inexhaustible vigour that fuels \u2018<em>Wasted Energy<\/em>\u2019 comes largely from a picture-perfect rhythm section, and Greg Rietwyk\u2019s guitar leads act as hooks nearly as often as the vocal lines do. There&#8217;s a level of aggression to this album that we didn&#8217;t see on the debut; songs like \u2018<em>New Years Eve<\/em>&#8216; and closer &#8216;<em>Twenty-Three<\/em>&#8216; fire along at such a frantic, breathless pace that it seems almost that the vocals can barely keep up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Wasted Energy<\/em>\u2019 isn\u2019t just a sophomore album better than most. It also sees <strong>Press Club<\/strong> zero in on a distinctive, irreplicable sound, and cement their place as one of the most exciting young prospects in rock music today.<\/p>\n<p>5\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Wasted Energy\u2019 <\/em>by\u00a0<strong>Press Club<\/strong> is released on 16th August on <strong>Hassle Records.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Press Club<\/strong>\u00a0links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressclubmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pressclubmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pressclubmusic\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pressclub.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Jack Hardiman (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigjhardiman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@bigjhardiman<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Press Club cement their place as one of the most exciting young prospects in rock music today&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":88093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,240,17000,16413,17440],"class_list":["post-88090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-hassle-records","tag-jack-hardiman","tag-press-club","tag-wasted-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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