Saturday, December 12, 2020

The 1981 Listening Post - Matt Finish - Short Notice

 Matt Finish - Short Note


#70

February 1981

Matt Finish

Short Note

Genre: Power Rock from Oz

3.25 out fo 5



As you will come to learn, the research staff at The Listening Post have a special place in their hearts for Australia. Whether it be the power pop of Rick Springfield or the metal of AC/DC or the sounds of Dunedin, The Saints or Nick Cave or the really obscure bands, the crack research team at LP Central can’t get enough. 

And, that’s a good thing, cuz how else would we get to hear Matt Finish’s album Short Note? Or even part of it?

I am not a fan of live versions of songs as representative of the original but unfortunately that’s what we have for a bunch of this which, when played against the rest, makes Matt Finish sound like a wannabe Police knock off. But the studio stuff comes across as inventively fun New Wave. 

Shame, really.




YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG1yr4v-v-w&list=PLlvn8uktX5Ls2kFxurEmET9l0nqwWjWUr  (Mising 3 tracks - Forecast, Younger Days and You Get So) - PLEASE NOTE: You need to start the 1st video at the 5:55 mark to avoid all of the chit chat

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