Lush Life Nate Mercereau

Lush Life Nate MercereauIf debut albums are meant to serve as the gateway, a first impression, then The Belair Lip Bombs introductory effort paints a vibrant and emotive portrait of a band; built on strong songwriting and love for the craft. The debut album from the Naarm Melbourne indie group, called Lush Life, arrives as ten tracks of evocative exploration; stories that run a gamut of longing, seeking new horizons and discovering new paths to satisfaction and self

"Overnight" starts out as a threadbare folk rock tune and compounds and builds up until

long thought to be lost

With that in mind

"" ""Smells Dead""--a song about a first person encounter sharing a space with a decomposing snake-- and a slew of other rowdy garage rock anthems to add to any house party setlist

and achieved Top 40 country status in her sibling group Jypsi

This LP is oozing with seriously SUPREME CUTS from both Ultimate Painting and Green Lanes (both released via Trouble in Mind)

their performances can be heard on literally thousands of recordings

” Weir says

New Hampshire's neo-shoegazers Headroom

and Smith College where she served as the Lucille Geier-Lakes Writer-in-Residence

Hitting hard with songs by soul heavyweights like Solomon Burke ("Stupidity")

Hentch-Forth (1998) is the The Hentchmen's only album that includes Jack White on bass