‘This life has taken its toll / I know I’ve made such a mess,’ rues Mason Hill frontman Scott Taylor on No Regret, Against The Wall’s opening track proper. It prepares you for what is a commendably honest and earnest debut, one that has taken several years to materialise. It was way back in December 2015 that the quintet issued their self-titled EP. Since then they’ve seen a record deal come and go, and looked on in some despair at a career apparently derailed. A crowdfunding campaign put them back on their feet, and the band have thanked supporters by recording an album that stands head and shoulders above their EP. It is music supercharged by adversity and is simply better in every department. The title-track and DNA pulse with fraught emotions and hef...
