Thursday, April 4, 2019

Decline of the Reptiles - The Hammer Speaks ep (1985, Waterfront)

Not to be confused with another similarly named down under band, Reptiles at Dawn, Sydney's Decline of the Reptiles hurled a couple lawn darts at the proverbial musical map, and decided to decamp in environs not far removed from the likes of the Birthday Party and Lime Spiders, at least for a good chunk of The Hammer Speaks ep.  The wailin' and hepped up "Peel Out" is a sassy slice of unadulterated rockabilly, that's no doubt the most raucous thing this record has to offer.  Nonetheless, my song of choice of here is the rather anomalous, "Time Stand Still," a near-five minute pop nugget filled out with that ringing guitar stuff I’m such a sucker for.  The remainder of the ep dabbles in some garagey, organ driven forays that are as well suited to the Decline's acumen as any other motif that comes to mind. 

01. Peel Out
02. Time Stand Still
03. The Visitor
04. You're Lost
05. The Hammer Speaks

8 comments:

Jim H. said...

Good stuff! i was buying tons of the exploding mid-80s Australian bands' releases at the time, this one went under my radar.....i can definitely hear a bit of the Died Pretty keyboard sound here......still amazing the GREAT music that came out of Australia ca. 1984-90........and Waterfront was a great label, equally almost as good as the mighty Citadel!

billybadbum said...

If you don't already have it, Sean, seek out the follow-up, Too Much Armour Not Enough Brains. A little more focused than THS, for mine.
They reformed in the late '00s and finally released an album, 13 Songs For The Rodeo Grrls, which is pretty damn good too.

spavid said...

Hi Jim. I know what you means about Waterfront. They had an excellent roster: Ratcat, Trilobites, Ups and Downs and others.

Yeah, I was reading about 13 Songs For The Rodeo Grrls, but haven't checked it out yet. Thanks.

Unknown said...

13 Songs for the Rodeo grrls is well worth the buy if you can get hold of it, pity they did not record more music.

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