XL Xcapris - Weeds
#515
October 1981
XL Capris
Weeds
Genre: More XL Capris
2.5 out of 5
XL Capris is back for the second time in 1981, presumably to shoot the wad of songs they came up with before disbanding.
So, what more to say except that it’s a bunch of songs written and performed by the same Aussies who didn’t make much of a dent the first time around.
Here’s the previous review. It applies here:
“Another one of those Australian bands that no one’s heard of who made a record at least as good as anything Split Enz ever did and have nothing to show for it.
Maybe it’s cuz there’s no potential hit but, I would argue that all that separates “Refrigerator Town” from “I Got You” is the latter is a boy-wants-girl tune and the former is a really dumb tune where the bridge is “The light goes out when you close the door” but that don’t make it not good.
This entire album feels like a lark and that’s what makes it work. “Evelyn” is the kind of track that you’d get from Epoxies in the early 00s. I don’t think the band was trying to make a career out of it as much as have a good time doing it.
Fun Fact: Kimball Rendall, a founding member of this band, went on to be the second unit director of the Matrix Movies as well as a found member of Hoodoo Gurus. Who knew-doo gurus?”
Listen to a few seconds of “Please excuse Me” and then tell me you don’t immediately stop and fire up Its a Condition. Cuz that’s so much better than this but that’s what this wants to be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHg75vWhMd8
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