Switchkicker | pl

There's a lot of truth in the theory that real-life trauma can lead to some great art. That sense of reality is what makes Switchkicker's debut album, 17102, such compulsive listening. The work of Sydney-based industrial rocker Daniel Sutherland, it's powerful, potent, 21st century rock that packs all the energy and imagination of his musical hero, Trent Reznor. And most of what you hear is very, very real. You see, Sutherland has lived through enough in his 23 years to fill several (much longer) lives. Growing up on the NSW Central Coast, he was an outsider at a school where...