Rich Kids
Written by: Leadfinger
‘Rich Kids’ is Leadfinger’s second album, and is released on Spain’s Bang! Records (also the European home for The Drones, Kim Salmon, Beasts of Bourbon, Kill Devil Hills) and many more..) and distributed here locally by Fuse Music.
‘Rich Kids’ is a cracking distillation of all that is great and unique about Australian rock’n’roll. The powerful songs of Stewart Cunningham have hooks galore and great slab riffs that veer through swamp blues tones with power-pop melodies and pleading vocals.
Leadfinger’s timeless rock’n’ roll sound sits them comfortably in the same stinky bandroom as such luminaries as You Am I, the Replacements, DM3, Wilco, The Drones, Sloan, Ryan Adams, Evan, Drive By Truckers, Jayhawks, Dallas Crane… you get the picture!
This album is a powerful statement by a songwriter who has paid his dues but is yet to find any mainstream legitimacy in his homeland, a ‘Bad Penny’ from the Australian underground… he has definitely turned up again!!
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Reviews
“…they play rock as if there was no hell. This is the way records used to be when all of us in this magazine fell in love to the bone with the Aussie stuff. It seems like there is still someone keeping the flame alive and up the top. It’s obvious that, around here, whatever smells like Aussie Rock, the good stuff, and whatever smells like Bang! Rcds., in consequence – makes us hungry. This review is not overblown and don’t be confused, this is fantastic.” – Eduardo Ranedo, Ruta 66 Magazine (Spain), 2009.
“Yet it’s the title track that sums up where Leadfinger – the band and the man – resides, and where many others blessed with cash but not spirit, will surely fail to inhabit. A roll of drums, a suitcase full of classic licks and plenty of attitude to boot. Rich kids can’t play rock’n’roll – but Leadfinger can!” – Patrick Emery, Mess and Noise, 2009.
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Credits
Personnel
Stewart Cunningham: Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Bass Guitar on Fade Your Brilliance
Wayne Stokes: Electric Bass Guitar
Stephen O’Brien: Drums and Percussion
Recording
Recorded at Tongarra Studio and The Rendezvous Studio 2007
Engineered by Leadfinger & Steve McCarthy
Produced and mixed by Leadfinger