EP Review: Hightime – Thrive
‘Australian party punks’ as a band’s PR self-description hints at a certain levity and lack of serious intent. Nothing could be further from the truth. Adelaide’s Hightime have produced an album of five songs that is a spectacularly life-affirming and serious piece that twists and turns through musical genres with verve and an impressive and dazzling dexterity. From the opening mystical and coiling yogic riff of the opening instrumental Hanumanhali onwards, there’s a tremendous energy at work here. Quit Ya Job is a compelling and strident call for self-determination and fulfilment, laid over a pulsing Dick Dale surf guitar soundtrack. Exist is a jumbo portion of battering melodic punk – imagine a suspiciously tuneful but frantic GBH fronted by Millie Manders a...
