The Zebras | en

Started in 2007 by members of Window Smashers and Those Poor Bastards. Released the split LP / CD "Parasitic Clones Under The Strong Arm Of The Robotic Machine" on Secret Records and Sector Five Records. Toured a bunch and played with Monotonix, Deerhoof, Old Tyme Relijun, etc etc. In 2011 changed from spastic synth punk to a darker metal-punk sound, added Shane (Call Me Lightning) on drums, released the first full length album, and played with High On Fire, Goatwhore, Die Kreuzen, etc. .

On first blush, this sounds like the latest gorgeous, jangly guitar pop record from somewhere north of Manchester. Belle and Sebastian meet the better moments of the Lightning Seeds, with Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame strumming away. But on closer listening there's a certain local twang to both the voices and the music on the second production from this unheralded Brisbane six-piece. There's nary a foot, or a note, wrong on this, and the Zebras can lay claim to being, if not the heirs, then at least the love child of the Go-Betweens. Loaded with hooks and soaked with harmonies, Worry...