Lonely in your arms - Deep Sea Arcade (In which Gareth pines for the days of Australian alternative rock and roll...)

So I spent today in a nostalgic haze... For some reason I started listening to a bunch of the old Australian bands I used to love in the late 90's/early 00's and I was just blown away with how great and relevant they still sounded- but then remembered just how much I hadn't been getting into anything recently. How could Aus music, having been so incredible, experimental and, most importantly, interesting take such a wrong turn down the neon-lighted, but soulless dance avenue, or the laid-back, emotionless surfer one-pieces.

That's not to say there isn't anything around anymore, there's always worthwhile music out there somewhere, but it's certainly not being played on the radio. I'll defend Triple J until the end of my life, no matter what shift they put the doctor on (or hell, even if they hire Robbie Buck back) but I think everyone knows they're not the station they used to be.

Is it their fault? Has the audience changed and this is their new desire? Am I just now too old and I have a little of the what-I-thought-was-hot-is-now-not syndrome going on? Maybe... but at the same time- fuck that!  Yes, music is subjective, but great music is not. Great music is for the ages. Great music never gets old. Great music gives you that all-over tingle and gets stuck in your head, but in the best way possible. I'm talking about dropping your preconceived notions of what kind of music you're into.... there's good stuff in every genre.

Lastly though, great music sometimes get lost. If I have a point to get to in this post: its that. So, in an effort to remind myself of bands I'll probably at one stage forget, and with the hopeful side effect of getting some other people to listen to them, I'll put linking one song per day from now until I run out of songs (or get bored). Maybe I'll write some words to go with, maybe I wont. It's a mystery. Tune in regularly to see what answer to it is....

Lonely in your arms
By Deep Sea Arcade

So another genre thats popular and sooooo at risk of being over exposed at the moment is what a friend of mine has deemed "Cuddle Pop". It certainly seems to be dominating the local scene at least. However, I don't want to through out the dishes with the dishwater, as it were. Lonely in your arms is a bittersweet masterpiece with a catchy chorus and a killer bridge. If I had to compare it to a creme biscuit it would be one of those ones with the orange creme.