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| MELBOURNE WATER 2 |
| Released in March, 2006 by W.Minc (WMINCD035) Compiled by David Nichols and Greg Wadley, 2006. Artwork by Mia Schoen (www.geocities.com/miaschoenpaintings) Tracklisting: 1. Mum Smokes - Backward 2. The Emergency - Close All Doors 3. Popolice - Be Like Me 4. Accidents With Magnets - Twig 5. Essendon Airport - Heaps 6. Love Cuts Kill - Not So Tough 7. Sly Hats - I Miss Your Old House 8. Snawklor - Confluences 9. The Darling Downs - In A Cold Place By A Lake 10. Lakes - Leisure Lawns 11. HTRK - Amsterdam Exorcism 12. Chris Smith - Rebel Haircut 13. Digger And The Pussycats - Cocaine Kids 14. Paper Planes - You're A Winner 15. Bucketrider - Evenement 8: Le Syndicalisme Revolutionnaire 16. KES - Backlash Paradigm (Thanks) 17. The Muddy Spurs - Ann Marie 18. Oh! Belgium - So Hungry, So Anxious 19. The Tranquilizers - Patchwork 20. Ashtray Boy - Please Keep The Bottle Handy 21. The Sand Pebbles - C'est Mardi, Il Est La Belgique 22. The Happy Lonesome - Same Old Song, Same Old Shoes 23. Guy Blackman - I Still Think Of You |
| "It seems that too much thought and not enough fun may have gone into W.Minc's second compilation of local talent, Melbourne Water 2. Their attempt to catalogue as many styles of music as possible skips through arty rock, experimental, electronica, jazz freakouts, punk, indie-pop and a few other genres yet to be named. Ambitious, certainly, but with only the city itself as a defining feature, this record's appeal is too heavily skewed towards listeners with a particular interest in Melbourne. Still, it's and interesting and occasionally exciting ride, with highlight tracks from Mum Smokes, Popolice, Lakes, Digger And The Pussycats and The Tranquilizers. -Andrew Ramadge (Mess And Noise, March/April, 2006). |
| Available at: JB-HIFI, Most Australia Missing Link Records, Melbourne Polyester Records, Melbourne (387 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy) Red Eye Records, Sydney W.Minc Records, Melbourne |