“Surgery” is the first fruit of some new energy from The Nature Strip. The music is tough while the lyric is vulnerable – what is this thing called love? It’s like surgery, actually. A punked-up Motown groove is the foundation for a tough take on mid-1980s jangle – R.E.M. sure,[…]
https://hearasingle.blogspot.com.au/search/label/The%20Nature%20Strip I covered The Nature Strip’s Presents album in March here and so I’m delighted to tell you that the band’s third full length album is with us. The Sydney based outfit have built on their excellent past, but reached out further with this splendid affair. The songwriting has previously been handled[…]
http://www.cooldadmusic.com/search/label/Reviews#.Wo-AJJP1VE4 By Henry Lipput With a band name like The Nature Strip, you shouldn’t be surprised that their songs are about, among other things, the ocean, insects, the moon, and the weather. Beetle Bones is the third full-length album from this Australian band made up of John Encarnacao, Pete Marley, Jess[…]
THE NATURE STRIP Beetle Bones (China Pig) One of the reasons I love The Posies is their willingness to be sweet and sour: from harmonies that echo the Hollies, to guitars and drums which resonate like some hard-nosed bar band; from lyrics which speak to the soul, to lyrics which[…]
Check out http://2ser.com/28016-2/ : “The Nature Strip makes classic power-pop rife with sweet harmony and bulk it up with loads of technicolour twists. Having two songwriters in the bands gives Beetle Bones a great dynamic, bounding forth with an elastic sense of melody and a very sweet sense of whimsy. It’s likely[…]