MIKE NOGA - Open Fire LP techno Colin Newman

Colin Newman

as well as the release of their eighth single ’Shut Up And Kiss Me

Much like the Cleaners from Venus

of course—before offering 30 seconds of squawking noise and titling that song “Rock Flute

bare-bones four-track psychedelia to goggle-eyed garage rock marauder backed at long last by a band that both shares and stokes his singular vision

MIKE NOGA - Open Fire LP techno Colin NewmanOpen Fire was written in Noga's hometown of Hobart. Writing to a friend during the recording process Mike reflected "Sonically and thematically there's a healthy dose of impending doom about the state of the world running through the songsI constantly have the Velvet Underground in mind when I'm writing for this album. Pop but with a weird, dark twist." Lead single 'Open Fire' is the centrepiece of the album, a big Springsteen esque rocker. A little