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Wasted Energy (Independent)

In one storied year of hard-nosed hustling, Press Club have vaulted from virtual nobodies to veritable superstars of the Australian rock scene. LP2 is forcibly tight, viciously dynamic and endlessly compelling from Rietwyk’s first thrashing Telecaster jut to front-woman Natalie Foster’s last dry, battered howl. Wasted Energy does what Late Teens succeeded at with just that little bit more oomph—it’s more melodic, more sees the band play with shifting tempos and see-sawing velocities with supernatural smoothness. swells and swells until it crashes beautifully into itself. Though it’s certainly a full-band effort, each member shining in their own right, the biggest jaw-dropper on show is the musical chemistry between Foster and Rietwyk.