DANNY McDONALD

Title: Fibrotones
Label: Off The Hip (Australia)
Catalogue No: (oth7016)
Format: CD (album)
Released: 2005
Price: $ 25.00

Danny's third solo album Fibrotones follows on from his previous releases Into The Sun and Summer City, showing Danny taking yet another step forward in the songwriting realm - combining traditional Rock & Roll with Power Pop, 60's Surf and Indie Pop, plus coming out swinging with an unpretentious and timeless body of work capturing the Australian condition and 70's Australian Surf culture like no other.

Track Listing: (32:27 m:s)

1. The Old Bamboo (1:30 m:s)
2. Lap It Up (3:36 m:s)
3. Lazy Dog (2:13 m:s)
4. A Bitter End To A Sweet Weekend Away (2:25 m:s)
5. Sandpiper (2:27 m:s)
6. We've Come This Far (2:01 m:s)
7. 25 Years In The Ring (2:39 m:s)
8. Amberlene (2:51 m:s)
9. This Old House (4:12 m:s)
10. 5 Years In Malabar As A Brickie's Labourer (2:25 m:s)
11. A Different Ballgame (2:14 m:s)
12. A Ragged Old Gum (3:54 m:s)
    

    All songs by Danny McDonald

Fibrotones runs the spectrum from full-tilt garage rockers (Amberlene, Lazy Dogs) to Neil Young-like ballads (A Ragged Old Gum), a raging surf instro (Sandpiper) and reflective pop (A Bitter End To a Sweet Weekend Away).

If you're a lyrics fan, you'll find enough of substance to enjoy (or react to) on Fibrotones. The distinctly Australian-ness of some of the themes hasn't been a drawback for overseas fans in the past, and nor should it be a hurdle this time around. After all, coping with the onset of age or hitting the road to get away from current circumstances are fairly universal in their application.

It's not too much of a stretch to draw a comparison with DM3, the vehicle for Danny's much-admired musical role model Dom Mariani. The pair share a liking for guitar and vocal melodies with teeth. Both are fine qualities in rock-pop he sagely says, being careful to avoid the p*werpop term which is way over-used these days (and for which Pete Townsend should solemnly atone.) review courtesy of www.i94bar.com

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