#98
April 1984
The Celibate Rifles
The Celibate Rifles (5 Languages)
4 out of 5
Highlights:
Wild Desire
Darlinghurst Confidential
The Aussie invasion continues!
This Radio Birdman sounding group has always eluded me. What I mean is, every time I’ve had them cued up to listen to them (I’ve had a couple of their albums on a hard drive from long ago) I’ve gotten distracted and then forgot.
Have you heard The Hellacopters? Or The Flaming Sideburns? Or Gluecifer? No? I bet they’ve heard The Celibate Rifles.
Just when you think each song has made it’s point, a guitar takes it to another level. Or something simple as a pedal. Or the controlled chaos. Case in point, the spoken word/blue riffed/piano cacophony of “Darlinghurst Confidential”. Before you have time to hate it it’s wormed it way into your psyche and you realize that you actually kind of like it. Not love. They don’t want you to love them. They just want you to listen. And maybe buy them a drink.
X & Celibate Rifles. That’s a concert that should have happened.
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