GROUND COMPONENTS

From thedwarf.com.au

Within moments of taking to the stage, it becomes apparent that Ground Components are the perfect party band to get the room warmed up. Giving a technically tight but not at all clinical performance, it somehow still feels raw. It’s dirty, it’s honest and it’s layered brilliantly. Each track seems to sit somewhere different, but each is in its own right big and full sounding. I think it’d be a challenge even for the most ADD kids to grow tired while listening. There are suggestions of ska, R&B, punk, surf, and straight up rock in their sound… I could rattle off another half a dozen different genres here and not really miss the mark. The vocals are delivered with the kind of commitment, integrity and urgency that you’d expect from a preacher man. But then with the next track the role has been reversed and their sound is more like that of a wailing, vulnerable confession. And all this delivered by Joe McGuigan, with the eyes of a man possessed.

This is not a band you can watch sitting down, but that’s exactly how Ground Components’ guitarist spent his night; reclining in an arm chair. Having broken his leg the night before in Ballarat in some crazy after show shenanigans, he hobbled on stage with crutches, propped his leg up and grinned through gritted teeth for the duration of the set. Now that’s commitment. Side note: props too for the effort in getting skinny jeans over one mofo of a cast. It was a refreshing set. Ground Components deliver on sound and performance, without any ego stroking or pretension. If you've not yet seen them, then it's simple; see them. You’ll feel like you’ve just witnessed something special, and you will have. Just don’t go expecting a quiet, average, sedate night. Ground Components don’t do ‘average’.

Full Review here: http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/livereviews/melbourne/little_red_hi_fi_the