The Fauves
The Fauves - Ocean Hearted
The Fauves - Girlfriend for Life
It's summer where I am and bright sun and good times remind me of the Fauves. They remain a quintessentially Australian, no - make that Melbourne - band who reached their commerical peak sometime in the mid 90's when they managed to marry Coxy's wonderful lyrics to some terrific tunes.
There are perhaps better songs in their catalogue to demonstrate their gifts but these will do just fine. 'Ocean Hearted' still stirs me with its wide-eyed, coming-of-age call, "let's go grab some world - so we can be like everyone else" while 'Girlfriend for Life' sees the Fauves dreaming of being a boy band but Coxy's subversion of the lyric ensures they never will. I still believe that with a tweaking, some vastly less talented bunch of American kids could turn this into a smash hit.
Don't miss their web site which is a great read as well.
The Fauves - Girlfriend for Life
It's summer where I am and bright sun and good times remind me of the Fauves. They remain a quintessentially Australian, no - make that Melbourne - band who reached their commerical peak sometime in the mid 90's when they managed to marry Coxy's wonderful lyrics to some terrific tunes.
There are perhaps better songs in their catalogue to demonstrate their gifts but these will do just fine. 'Ocean Hearted' still stirs me with its wide-eyed, coming-of-age call, "let's go grab some world - so we can be like everyone else" while 'Girlfriend for Life' sees the Fauves dreaming of being a boy band but Coxy's subversion of the lyric ensures they never will. I still believe that with a tweaking, some vastly less talented bunch of American kids could turn this into a smash hit.
Don't miss their web site which is a great read as well.
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