<p><span><span><span>- If you’re wondering how a band that sounds like </span><strong>New Order</strong><span> found its way to the home of brutal, arty hardcore in Brisbane, </span><strong>Team Glasses</strong><span>, I’m sure you’re not the only one. I can just about imagine the hardcore-heads getting together a deputation to let the label know it’s </span><em>hardcore only round here</em><span>.

<p><span><span>- Back in the days of BC (Before COVID) two Meanjin/Brisbane fellas released an EP, <em>The Sponge</em>, and this reviewer remarked: “Where does Syrup go from here?

<p><span><span><span>- Much loved and long-lived duo of Aussie beatmakers Hermitude have greeted the end of the pandemic with a record put together just before it. They were, at the time, a bit tired already and looking to take a step back, even just a little one, from the demands of their music industry commitments and the all-encompassing maximalism of their craft.