The football World Cup is finally starting, and I’m looking forward to plenty of interesting matchups; I’ll watch whatever I can live. But before things kick off shortly, we’re taking a quick trip Down Under to visit a band that was formed over forty years ago. Little Murders (named after the 1971 Alan Arkin directed film) were formed from the ashes of Melbourne Punk band The Fiction by singer Rob Griffiths and were signed to the iconic Au Go Go label. Their sound was catchy, energetic, and powerful, however after a string of singles and the acclaimed album Stop! the band broke up in 1985. Little Murders were Australia’s own version of the New Wave of PowerPop in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were the premier mod band on the Melbourne independent music scene at that time and thrilled fans with their great sound and releases. Although the band broke up in the mid-1980s, they reformed at various times over the next twenty-five years. But since the release of the anthology, Stop Plus Singles, on Off The Hip Records in 2009, along with a permanent line up (in actual fact, longer than any other incarnation), the band have recorded the PowerPop splendour of Dig For Plenty in early 2011 and played around Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. This was followed by the release of GO in 2013 and Hi-Fab! in 2016. 2017 saw a release of a "Best Of.. " Album plu their very first overseas tour of Japan in June of 2018. This is their third 7Inch, featuring two emotional PowerPop jewels, and I do wonder a bit why they haven't been sought out for any PowerPearls Compilations, well that will remain a mystery. Fact is, they're a magnificent band that still plays live today.
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