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Fur Patrol: Local Kid

If they were a sports team, Fur Patrol would be hard to follow. Relocation to a new home ground, the loss of a key player, a less than prolific back catalogue, and sparse home games - what's a fan to do? Many would've found a new team, but I think you'll be hearing more "I've always supported them" calls from now. This third album from the trimmed down Fur Patrol is an improvement from 2003's 'Collider'. They've stayed true to themselves sound wise, but there are more hooks here, making the songs more timeless and memorable. The dark pop rock of Great Leap Forward and Hidden Agenda combine for a strong opening statement which subsides to allow Julia Deans to move effortlessly through the ballad Silences And Distances and Like It Is. Of a good crop of songs Little Fists is an instant FP classic and Rondo a resounding false closer. It's followed by Local Kid, which along with the venomous Debt is a showpiece that threatens to go someplace special without quite getting there. Bizarrely, I can hear bits of Sharon O'Neill and Hole. Recorded and mixed in various Melbourne locations with the band and Tom Larkin among those getting studio credits.

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