The music market is fickle and it's probably fair to say that Spiderbait suffered through guilt by association when the next generation turned their backs on the mid-90s alt-rock phenomenon. When you listen to the opening track of Tonight Alright - the jump-up jammin Take Me Back - you realise that Spiderbait play beyond any trend; they blast any of the 'new rock' wannabes off the stage with such a natural flair for power that even their healthy sense of humour and love for ironic rock-worship can't interfere with the dramatic impression they make. With producer, Sylvia Massy Shivy (Prince, Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash), The Bait have finally found a technical magician who can share their love for over-the-top rockness. Part of that 'I'm not worthy' love for riffs and slammin beats has risen to the surface in the form of their cover of Black Betty, but this 3-piece don't need to cover the classics to prove that their hearts and souls belong to music; you only need to hear the chuggin Put It Down, the rollin' 5th Set and the frenetic In The City. I've been hanging out for a long time to hear something this unashamedly huge, loud and heavy, but it's a bonus to have the extra dimension of pop-savvy hooks; always a feature of Spiderbait's music. Grunge may be dead but I see no reason to leave behind that thick, crunchy, fuzzy distortion that we fell in love with; the riffs that gave us 'heavy' without 'metal'; the sound that Spiderbait promise to revive with Tonight Alright!

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Tracklisting
1 Take Me Back
2 Live In A Box
3 Black Betty
4 Put It Down
5 Fuckn' Awesome
6 5th Set
7 The Dog
8 Cows
9 Tonight
10 Alright
11 In This City
12 Picky

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