STRAIGHT ARROWS - Rising LP

The result? Dancing music. Garage Punk nuggets that will get you up out of your dronesome slumber and force some serious rug cutting antics. This is hairy fuzzed out psychedelic garage pop without the patchouli-scented kaftans. Is it reckless? Is it fun? YEAH! Derr….it’s a new Straight Arrows record. Since the release of ‘It’s Happening’, bands have been queuing up to have front man Owen Penglis record and produce their music at his home studio – the likes of Royal Headache, Circle Pit, The Frowning Clouds, The Gooch Palms have all used his bathroom. In 2012 Owen was asked to produce and record the who’s who of the Australian Garage scene for the 40th Anniversary tribute album to the seminal Nuggets compilation, originally compiled by Lenny Kaye.

Slowly the four honed their reverb-laden, fuzzed out, punk garage into scrappy perfection and in the process gained an outstanding reputation for being ‘‘the band that will make you start your own band.” Taking a trip further down memory lane, the Straight Arrows all began with Owen Penglis yelling about getting dumped and kicked out of bands into a four-track cassette machine in his bedroom. He was soon joined by Alex Grigg, Angela Bermuda, and Adam Williams, all friends with colourful musical pasts.

RIYL: Ty Segall, Jay Reatard, People’s Temple, White Fence, Black Diamonds, The Thorts