The Hills Are Still Alive...

Plugga plug plug. Some more Australian music for you, which I forgot to let you know about yesterday. I don't know why I forgot because this is the one disc that stuck its hand in my ear and grabbed me by the balls.

Accipio is the latest release by Melbourne outfit Mountains In The Sky. They describe it as a single in five parts and, hell, they'd know. It runs for 21 minutes and it is a mesmerisingly intense sonic poem.

If you can't get your hands on the disc, the best way to experience the aural splendour of Accipio is to hunt down Mogwai and set them up on your front porch, then call Massive Attack and get them to sit across from Mogwai and play some of their darker b-sides from Mezzanine; finally, flick through your address book and give Tchaikovsky a bell and have him set in your living room playing selections from The Nutcracker. Now, position yourself somewhere between Mogwai and Massive Attack but not too far away from the front window that you can't hear Piotr. Can you hear it?

On second thought, just buy the cd or go to the show on October 12 at the Northcote Social Club. Or of course, if you have no dignity, you could of course go and listen over at their MySpace page. Urgh, now I feel dirty. See the things I do for you.

Tags: music, Australian Music, Melbourne