Purple Album

The kings of Sydney pop, Nic Dalton & Tom Morgan, have been working hard. This release is comprised of the now deleted double 7" Sneeze debut plus 21 bonus tracks. That makes 41 tracks in 47 minutes, with only one insrumental, the Sneeze Theme. Listening to this CD, I have come to the conclusion that Sneeze is the Seinfeld of pop. How else could you describe these short, catchy & lyrically packed songs about life, love & mixed lollies? All of the tracks were written & performed by Morgan & Dalton & also include giest musicians from their many band mates & indie pop friends such as members of Smudge, Swirl, the Hummingbirds, Simon Day from Ratcat, the late Stevie Plunder & of course the Lemonheads with Jesse Peretz on bass. There are many moments of humour & brilliance here but my favourites would have to be Shaky Ground, a duet with Tom & Alannah Russack (later recorded by Evan Dando as a Lemonheads B-side), Ripped Jeans, a Ramones tribute, Autumnal Eyes, which has been performed live by Nic with Godstar, Dad's Trailer, which has traces of Steppenwolf, "R" in which one lyric goes a long way, the melodic bass runs of Cold, Cold Morning, & the very listenable Explain Deep December as usng by Tom. What more can I say? In 41 songs, Sneeze has said it all!