Possible Humans - Everybody Split (New CD)

The debut album from Melbourne, Australia quintet Possible Humans has been a long-time coming. Since forming in 2013, the band (comprised of Samuel Tapper, Leon Cranswick, and the three Hewitt brothers; Steven, Adam, and Mark) have self-released a “”live improv”” cassette & a two-song 7-inch on Sydney”s Strange Pursuits label while periodically teasing a forthcoming full-length and burning up live venues across Australia. Everybody Split was announced to arrive on April Fool”s Day of 2019 on ex-Twerps drummer Alex MacFarlane”s excellent Hobbies Galore label. Thankfully, it wasn”t a prank & the edition of 200 LPs sold out in a week. Trouble In Mind is proud to re-release Everybody Split worldwide in a more substantial pressing in hopes of getting this amazing album into everyone”s ears. All five members shared songwriting duties on Everybody Split, & the album”s nine tracks jangle and clang with that urgent, nervous energy felt in some of the best DIY/underground rock from the past three decades, R.E.M., GBV, Feelies et al, but also absolutely of the NOW, swooning with a smoothed, amber patina of melancholy and longing (see opener “”Lung of the City””, or “”Nomenclature Airspace””). There”s a palpable crackle emanating from the tunes on Everybody Split, throwing sparks thru a myriad of interesting melodic/lyrical twists & turns, like the earworm riffage on “”The Thumps””, that hotwire solo on “”Aspiring To Be A Bloke”” or the stutter stops / breakdown in the raging “”Stinger””. Stick around for “”Born Stoned””, the album”s undeniable highlight, packing it”s near-12 minutes with nods not only to the aforementioned R.E.M. & Feelies dark jangle, but also the smoke & velvet solos of Heyday-era Church or Blue Oyster Cult. Yes, it”s really that good. Everybody Split was recorded by MacFarlane himself & mastered by Oz-legend Mikey Young for maximum oomph.

• 1 Lung of the City
• 2 Aspiring to Be a Bloke
• 3 The Thumps
• 4 Absent Swimmer
• 5 Nomenclature Airspace
• 6 Orbiting Luigi
• 7 Stinger
• 8 Born Stoned
• 9 Meredith