The Smith Street Band - More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me (Specialist Subject/ SideOneDummy) 2017
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Melbourne’s The Smith Street Band are back with their fourth full-length, More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me, a pitch-perfect pastiche blend of anthemic punk rock anthems and straight-forward strutting rock n’ roll finesse. Wil Wagner’s lyrics are stripped down, very honest and detailed, with a healthy dose of emotional turmoil thrown in for a good measure. More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me is a utterly massive and ambitious effort, that sounds like a perfectly balanced combination of The Gaslight Anthem’s The ‘59 Sound, Against Me!’s Searching for a Former Clarity and Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning… And a solid yes, is that good!