{"id":21477,"date":"2023-03-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21477"},"modified":"2023-03-09T16:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T16:19:13","slug":"starcrazy-another-day-another-squalor-self-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21477","title":{"rendered":"Starcrazy \u2013 \u2018Another Day Another Squalor\u2019 (Self Released)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0991557340_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0991557340_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0991557340_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0991557340_10-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0991557340_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0991557340_10-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0991557340_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Not content with producing some of the best punk rock music in the world right now, Australia has now seemingly set its sights on taking over the hard rock world once more. With Airbourne finally discovering what the top of the mountain really looks like by headlining the Saturday night of this year\u2019s Steelhouse Festival and the Van Halen influenced Deraps (their drummer is Australian) taking up an early slot at Stonedead its now Starcrazy who get a major PR push here in Blighty, and it really is time to sit up and listen to what these guys have to offer, because when it comes to all things Starcrazy it\u2019s something very interesting indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing Janes Addiction, Hanoi Rocks and Van Halen as their influences the four piece band formed in late 2019 in Sydney\u2019s Inner West music scene and to date have the self-released \u2018Played For Suckers\u2019 EP on vinyl and CD under their (studded) belts. The six track follow up \u2018Another Day Another Squalor\u2019 is set to be released on March 10<sup>th<\/sup> (via the Bandcamp link below) taking the \u201c\u201cRetro glam with a hint of RUSH\u201d influence that Alice Cooper (yup that Alice Cooper) identified in the band early doors and turning up the dial marked POWERPOP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Galaxy O Luv\u2019 complete with its Slade styled titling opens the EP in the style Da Coop had already picked up on with just the merest hint of ole black eyes himself creeping into the musical mid-section.&nbsp; It\u2019s when \u2018The Big Time\u2019 thunders in on a late \u201880s Rachel Bolan bassline and \u201cdevilish\u201d (listen and you\u2019ll get what I mean) backing vocals join in that I actually sit up and truly listen. It\u2019s worth mentioning that the low budget promo video that accompanies this track is a creative joy to behold too. Although don\u2019t watch it after a heavy night out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starcrazy - The Big Time [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVzY4GK6QDk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia is of course renowned for its hard rock bands, but what happens when you merge the straight into the amps guitar sound of that scene with the spirit of the early 90s US alt-rock explosion? Well take a listen to \u2018The Open Sea\u2019 and all will soon be revealed. Oh, and go check out fellow Sydney band of yore The Screaming Tribesmen, whose t-shirt Starcrazy frontman Marcus Fraser is wearing in the song\u2019s video. I think you may be pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starcrazy - The Open Sea [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zRfYNRqqgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s when we get to \u2018Egging Me On\u2019 and \u2018Hysterical\u2019 that the EP really excels though. The former a 1 minute 42 second barnstormer that actually has a lot of synergies with the UK\u2019s Mother Vulture, and then there\u2019s the latter, this is when the (bad) penny drops in my musical memory banks and I\u2019m screaming \u201cthis sounds like Celebrity Skin (the cult US band not the song)\u201d at the stereo. Anyone who\u2019s ever heard their one and only album \u2018Good Clean Fun\u2019 will hopefully now be clicking on the video link below\u2026because this tune really is good clean fun written very much in the spirit of 70s Bowie (albeit it\u2019s not a shameless steal like Gyasi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starcrazy - Hysterical [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aRRFJOCCi84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Monday Morning (Prayer For Tony)\u2019 which brings the EP to a close doffs its cap to early Guns N\u2019 Roses with some Slash-like six string action courtesy of the wonderfully monikered Odin Wolf, and let\u2019s not forget the Jack action rhythm section of bassist Jack Barratt and drummer Jack Farmer who also put in a HUGE shift across the whole EP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starcrazy - Egging Me On [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bSTfC2C-fb8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Starcrazy produce hard rock music of the highest quality and thankfully being from Australia they aren\u2019t influenced in the slightest by the sterile arena rock that we\u2019ve been spoon here in the UK this past 5 years or so.&nbsp; Finally I can get excited about a new hard rock band, and (the aforementioned Mother Vulture aside) that\u2019s something I haven\u2019t been able to say in quite some time. Joyous stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/starcrazyband\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/starcrazyband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy <a href=\"https:\/\/starcrazy.bandcamp.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/starcrazy.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starcrazy_band?lang=en\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starcrazy_band?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: Johnny Hayward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not content with producing some of the best punk rock music in the world right now, Australia has now seemingly set its sights on taking over the hard rock world once more. 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