The March of the Mussels
Published: February 11, 2021
The Love Mussels – possibly the world’s most unknown, under-appreciated and equally as possible ’best band in the world’ – continue their slow but inexorable march towards their first local Fringe event (see Fringe 2021 Guide/Music/The Love Mussels – March 13).
Somewhat unique in today’s local music market which is swamped, yea and verily, tsunamied by a glut of nostalgia, covers and tribute acts, The Love Mussels continue a seven-album career of producing and playing original independent rock music.
The upcoming fringe event will see The Love Mussels launch their latest creative output — It’s all relative – Redux — a loose but rocking homage to the life of Albert Einstein.
This, the seventh Love Mussels album, continues the tradition of the Mussels theming their work around a topic that interests them at the time. Past examples include, Dirty World; Comfortable and Relaxed, and Castro’s Last Cigar.
It’s all Relative – Redux has an interesting genesis in that at the band chose to replicate — as closely as possible — an imagined recording session from an era such as the 60’s where the band turns up in the studio and begins frantically writing and recording while the tape rolls, essentially locked in for four or five days. It’s all Relative – Redux was recorded and mixed during January and February 2020 BC – before Covid – and has been issued on vinyl as well as CD, with impressive artwork containing pertinent liner notes.
The core of the band has existed since the turn of the millennium and comprises Brett Sody, guitars vocals, Kym Dewhurst-Winter guitars and vocals, Liv Bafile, drums and percussion. New boy on the block is Denis Surmon, recruited on bass for the intense writing and recording session that produced the current baby.
While essentially a rock band the Mussels have been rehearsing and performing a so-called acoustic set which has garnered strong support when performed locally and has attached a new and much-favoured string to the band’s bow.
What is also interesting is that The Love Mussels have not traditionally enjoyed a strong support base locally as they pitch their music product to the overseas market where they count numerous folk in some Central and South America countries as avid fans. Great Britain is also home to some decades-long admirers where they are hailed as the “Grandfathers of Grunge”, along with pockets of Mussel-lovers located in and around Europe, the Balkan states and South Africa.
With more local live performances in the pipeline and the promise media exposure, The Love Mussles hope to soon add Australia to its fan base.
Find more at: https://lovemussels.com.au and F’book: Band It About