Melbourne band Terry is a supergroup of sorts— comprising members who have played with the likes of Dick Diver, UV Race, and Total Control. Terry has just two 7" singles, yet already they have proven themselves as a spirited group. Alongside contemporaries like DC's Gauche and London's Shopping, Terry evoke not only the minimalism of classic post-punk, but also its intellectual edge.
Terry are at once critical and funny, skeletal and chaotic. There is a multiplicity of droll, slightly off voices deadpanning about class, beer-drinking, and men who won't apologize. This slanted ripper culminates with searing, splintering guitars, knotted with an expressive emotionality, all buzzsaws that make sparks fly.
Steph Hughes writes: Love is a highway, but you're not likely to find Terry there anymore. He's on the train. Terry saw the light, and he put on his sunhat. Ring Ring... 'If you're carsick, get outta the car!' There's only room for one big pug in this doggy daycare. Terry's taken to the night. Thank you nurse, I'll see myself out.
Listen back to Mixing Up The Medicine with Erica for a live set from Terry.
