<p><span><span><span>- The story of how Eora/Sydney’s Body Type got their name, speaks to who they are as a band. Back in 2016, before they’d released anything, or, yes, had a name, the quartet were driving around in a car, on an adventure. Somewhere on this trek they made an unwise parking decision and got landed with a big, fat parking infringement. You can see it, if you want, re-printed on the cover of the self-titled 2018 EP. If you have a close look, you’ll notice that among the bureaucratic details like ‘Make’ and ‘Model’ there’s also ‘Body Type’.

<p><span><span><span>- Ambient music has a reputation -more or less fairly earned, who can say?- for being, at times, like aural wallpaper. Soundscapes full of intellectual pretensions and not a whole lot else. I can’t imagine this is an accusation I will ever be able to level at Timothy Fairless, a Meanjin/Brisbane composer whose already lengthy career has featured numerous releases that fall, at least partially, under the umbrella of the genre, but no two of which are very much alike.