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Wasted Energy

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one storied year of hard-nosed hustling, Press Club have vaulted from virtual nobodies to veritable superstars of the Australian rock scene. Driving their rise is a piquant brew of pummelling drums, belting vocals and layer upon layer of stiff and sizzling guitars. They’re staunchly DIY – and, through the haze of their surge into the spotlight, remain wholly independent – but at their core lies a group of inordinately talented creatives. Lead shredhead Greg Rietwyk is a bonafide wizard behind the mixing desk – perhaps literally, since the Melbourne foursome revel in a paradoxical punk-rock sweet spot where they’re at once gruff and scuzzy and dive-bar dirty, yet sound

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