REVIEWS & GENERAL CHAT
Firstly, Only The Sea Slugs should be pleased that I am one of the few people on earth who actually likes slugs and smile beatifically at their very mention. Secondly, and more importantly, Dreamstate is a gorgeously melodic, whirligig of a song. The B-sides, Colour Me In & Mirrors, take off in a slightly more upbeat direction that is curiously dancey in the least horrible way possible and all three come together to form a very impressive EP.
-Clem Bastow, Inpress Magazine, Melbourne
A sweet pedestrian shoegazer pop tune from Sydney collective Only The Sea Slugs, with an opening guitar line that sounds alot like Pulp and a wondering vocal. No hook in sight.
Simone, Beat Magazine, Melbourne
We are all massive fans of Only The Sea Slugs here in the Musicadium office - we received their EP and instantly fell in love with this odd, but fascinating creature on the front cover.What do you think? Is it attention grabbing? Cute? Gross? Weird? Interesting?
Sarah, Musicadium, Digital Distributor, Brisbane
In short, you're fkn awesome
Dan Zilber, Music Director, FBI Radio, Sydney
Only The Sea Slugs isn’t a band name designed to sneakily throw you off the scent – this Sydney five-piece definitely has a little baggie in their pocket labelled Psychedelics. If you set yourself a fun holiday challenge to describe their debut EP in one word, your shortlist might include terms like ‘acoustic-spacey’ (technically one word), ‘intriguingly desolate’ (but with intriguingly scribbled out as it’s over the word limit, then desolate also crossed out since some of the songs start lonely but build into multi-layered epics), or ‘Coldplayian’ (this describes the impassioned white-man warbling, though OTSS sway around at the stadium rockers’ more adventurous end of things), but the winner would be the far simpler ‘Swirling’. All three songs here, especially the title track, would be fairly straight-by-numbers prog-lite bordering on Evermore territory, if not for an over-arcing feeling of the individual colours being swirled around by an aural paintbrush. It’s easily accessible but not predictable, and a bit of a winner.
Rave Magazine, Brisbane
Hi Sasha, I'm Richard, nice to meet you...Richard Kingsmill, triple j
I have to be honest, i really didn't like this band when I first heard them. However, on repeat listens i really began to enjoy their brand of indie rock. There is something remotely Radiohead about them - but in a good way. Their 3 track EP is very solid and the standout has to be 'Colour Me In'. This Sydney 5 piece is definitely a band to watch
Sydney Acid Test Blogspot
Sydney indie outfit Only the Sea Slugs have released a solid single as a snippet from forthcoming debut EP. After a few moments of listening to this single it is clear why it is called ‘Dreamstate’. With strong vocals
riding drifting melodies, a kicking beat and hypnotic instrumentals it’s clear why they’ve been picked up by Triple J. They’ve been kicking around the scene for over two years, and this could be the start of something good for them. It won’t be long before their tours start to become more extensive once more indie fans have had a chance to have a listen.
Paul Finn, The Place Magazine, Cairns
Sydneysiders “Only The Sea Slugs”, perhaps inspired by their namesakes, serve up a musical melange that’s altogether more meandering. Soft psychedelic guitars, redolent of the atmospherics of “The Church”, evolve and transition at a pace marginally faster than glacial. Not that it’s ambient, but this drifty shoe gaze style orchestrated by lead guitarist-vocalist invites introspection. Thus it’s more than a surprise when nearly half-a-dozen punters spring up to dance their way through the last few tunes. Take that, genre stereotyping.
Stephen Goodwin, LifeMusicMedia.com
After a nice little opening, Act 2 began in the form of Only the Sea Slugs. The Sydney indie band have been on the scene for over two years, and seemed to be gathering momentum as the attendance picked up and the ambience was raised a notch. They were great to watch, playing some lovely, ethereal songs.
Singer and guitarist Sasha spent most of the set with his hair in his face, but it did not detract from the enigmatic sound coming from his mouth. He was interesting to watch and deserves my stamp of approval as a band to see again. Amongst a thoroughly enjoyable performance, beauties to be heard were We The Odd One, Save Us and You’re The Reason Drugs Are Useless.
Hermacita, FasterLouder.com
Only The Sea Slugs started off very quietly. Just before they were about to start playing their third song, singer Sasha quietly mentioned that they would be playing their single but failed to say which track he was referring to and what it was called. The combination of this forgetfulness, and the fact that they were so charmingly laid back and scruffy, it was almost as if Shaggy from Scooby Doo decided to move to Australia and start a band, and a pretty good band at that. Their sound oscillated between chilled out verses and cruisey vocals, and frenetic guitars and frantic vocals during choruses.
Halfway through the set, Sasha coughed but diverted any swine flu accusations by saying, “My throat is kinda sore from this weird Nando’s sauce,” to which a drunk girl in the crowd yelled out, “PERI PERI!” “Yeah that. It’s fucked, don’t get it. Try the mild stuff, better for the throat.” Sasha was either completely lying, or the Nando’s hot sauce helped his singing voice. His vocals were strong and bold, bordering on theatrical .Call For Surrender was one particular song that really showed off his voice, but all his band mates had their time to shine. Eighties-esque track Colour Me In featured excellent keys by Zoran. The most impressive song of their set was We The Odd One, an eerie track with some guitar trickery from guitarist Dean. The Sydneysiders also played Dreamstate, Lost Little Loser, Big Sky, You’re The Reason Drugs Are Useless and The Worst Night.
Public Bar Melbourne Review, Love, FasterLouder.com
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