Undertow

Eleven songs and what I call the Australian coastal sound, a four-piece-matter-of-fact-guitar band, like Richard Clapton meets Jackson Brown at a car park above a beach with breaking surf. When the Kings Of Leon turn fifty this is what they might sound like. Mark could be kicking back, collapsed on the couch acting gaga. Unless I am much mistaken, he's not. Music is his thing, despite the fact that means starting the whole sordid business over yet again. If Mark didn't want to be here, he'd be somewhere else. He has a kaleidoscope of experiences to draw upon. UNDERTOW is arguably his finest album. - Stephen Cummings. March 2011.