78 Saab - Good Fortune
- Catalogue No:
- OTH94012
- Label:
- Other Tongues
- Release Date:
- 15/10/2010
- Format:
- CD
Track Listing
1. Both Sides
2. Whatever Rules You Break [free download]
3. Warm Jets
4. Never Gonna Be
5. Avarice
6. All At Sea
7. Chasing The Light
8. Hold You
9. Situations
10. Small Things
Info
Listening to 78 Saab’s previous albums is like looking at old photos; they’re the kind of gems you keep in a shoebox marked ‘do not throw away’. Since 1995, the Sydney four-piece have released three studio albums and are now entering a new phase in their career. With faded t-shirts and different haircuts, 78 Saab release their new album ‘Good Fortune’.
78 Saab’s fourth album was recorded with the band’s long time studio cohort Tim Whitten (Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, Hoodoo Gurus, Augie March). It follows previous records ‘The Bells Line ‘ (2007), ‘Crossed Lines’ (2004) and ‘Picture a Hum, Can’t Hear a Sound’ (2000) and features the expressively soulful voice of Ben Nash, Jake Andrews’ signature guitar tone and the inspired backbone of Garth Tregillgas on bass and Nicholai Danko’s drums.
‘Good Fortune’ is full of the dynamics, mood, melody and classic songwriting we’ve come to expect from the Saab albeit with a slightly darker edge, thanks to some of life’s nasty little punches creeping their way into the lyrics. Ben Nash’s world-weary lyrics are at their best, whether they’re lamenting the passing of an old friend on ‘Warm Jets’, or admiring the magic and wonder of a child’s world on ‘Small Things’. A couple of Dylan’s greatest moments get a tip of the hat on ‘Chasing the Light’, while ‘Never Gonna Be’ gets the kiss of life,
having originally been written in a Brisbane backpacker hostel in 1997. 78 Saab deliver an album of ten, short, sharp songs that will have you singing, dancing, crying and pressing repeat at the end of it all.
If you’ve been to a music festival in the last 10 years, chances are you’ve seen 78 Saab at their best. Several Big Day Out, Homebake and Falls Festival appearances account for some of the notches on the 78 Saab belt. The other umpteen notches are for The Shins, Guided By Voices, You Am I, Band of Horses, Magic Dirt, and plenty more that have been shown a thing or two by this iconic Sydney four-piece.
Put the nostalgia back in the shoebox, because 78 Saab is here with a new love.
