During a three month sojourn of the United States, the opportunity arose for Melbourne-based Witch Hats to make an off the cuff live to tape recording with Greg Ashley at his infamous ‘Creamery’ warehouse studio in downtown Oakland, California. Over a couple of days in between eating catfish burgers and firing pistols off the studio’s roof, the band set about laying down some songs singer Kris Buscombe had written ‘on the road’ living out his wankish Beat fantasies in a Chelsea Hotel binge.

You’d call the sound of this 6 track EP a departure for the band, making 2006’s Wound of a Little Horse EP + 2008’s debut album Cellulite Soul comparatively slick affairs.

This is some harsh and shit sounding stuff- Audible splinters and ugly sharp tones flare from the songs, fighting for space amongst melodies. It's the way the band should sound. ‘Check the Center’ is possibly the closest they’ve come thus far to a catchy single and the crackpot repetitions of ‘Sessa (Son Of A Silo Salesman)’ see them dancing further down the donkey trail. Solarium Down The Causeway is Witch Hats' most concise and honest release to date.

Play it loud with the lights down low.

Mother & Father sound like a punch to the face and are not adverse to writing a finely structured punk pop song. They will take you on a wild ride through a slippery slope of guitar loopings, driving drum beats and a voice that sounds like it’s gargled concrete for breakfast. They are hell good.

TThree likely lads formerly of Victorian Goldrush town Bendigo, and now living in Melbourne, Mother & Father teamed up two years ago and proved that there really is gold in dem-dar hills. They love creating music together that has leanings towards a certain grunge idol named Kurt. It would be easy to write Mother & Father off as yet another ‘grunge revivalist’ band. But Mother & Father are more than just that. Hell yes. Their ability to take from the old and make it new again is what holds them ahead of the pack.

Mother & Father create songs that will melt ya mothers’ face off with their explosive, crunching, SuperMuffed, menacing chords interwoven with ferocious bursts of pop-chunks. They cite their influences as The Gun Club, The Stabs, The Pixies, Fang!, Joy Division, The Troggs, The Beatles, David Bowie, Neil Young and justifiably Nirvana. Comprising of Greg Kerslake (guitar/vocals), Andrew Tolley (bass), and Andrew Howard (drums), they are relatively new to the music scene, and have played with the likes of The Stabs, Witch Hats, Talons, Neon, The Twerps, and Circle Pit. Mother & Father have a very bright future ahead of them indeed.