Excellent debut EP from the Melbourne trio Peachfuzz. The first few tracks sound a bit like closing music in their tone, and things really hit their stride in the middle. I listened to it whilst driving around Park Orchards looking for drains.
Surprisingly, there's not a lot of info on Peachfuzz. Almost all of my info on them came from this website, which contains a lot of info on the now-gone Deakin Uni Rusden Campus student life of the time (i.e. mid-90s onwards). There are also a handful of tracks from Peachfuzz's other releases to sample, which are included in the zip below.
Drummer Cameron Potts went on to play in Sandro and Ninetynine, whilst Stefan Schutt later played in Schmozzle. However, Potts only plays on the last four tracks (all impressively recorded live), with the remainder recorded with drummer John Edwards.
My pick of the tracks is the awesome power-pop-bordering-on-pop-punk 'Body', base around a catchy distorted bass hook. The Lemonheads-esque closer 'Dallas', an ode to a cat and not a girl as I first thought, is another highlight.
My copy of V8 has a photocopied 'songbook' in the inlay with the lyrics printed on it - how many of these were released?
There are many tracks available for streaming on YouTube.
UPDATE 2019 - It appears that in early 2019, Cameron and Stefan built this beautifully 1990s website with a bunch of Peachfuzz live recordings. However, it appears the site is incomplete, with most of the YouTube links going to the same previously uploaded recordings regardless of title. Go there to get the good stuff!
Enjoy!
1. Hurt You 3:44 V8
2. Dancing On My Grave 2:49 V8
3. Oh Friend 3:44 V8
4. Body 3:07 V8
5. Ram 3:03 V8
6. Shirt 3:04 V8
7. Octopus 2:04 V8
8. Dallas (Wondercat) 2:45 V8
9. Diana 3:01 Watermelon Man
10. Intense and Depressed 3:11 Watermelon Man
11. Having A Fight With Somebody 3:04 E. Coli
12. 10, 24, 10 3:59 E. Coli
V8 (1992) + Bonus - Peachfuzz
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