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Fans of mid sixties garage and psychedelia, Australian garage rock, The Beatles, Eno and Jimi Hendrix will all find something to like here.
Deluxe 2CD set chronicling the entire career of this alterna-chart topping outfit from Sydney circa: 1984 - 1989. Resplendent in all it's pyschedelic glory, 'The Collection' captures the band's entire recorded output including:
- The original 6-track demo: 11 - 5 (never before released on CD)
- Their indie chart topping singles 'Another Day in the Sun', 'Flowers' and 'The Traveller'
- The complete 'Moffs' mini-album and their only full-length LP 'Labyrinth'
- The covers, including their little heard take on The Byrds 'Eight Miles High' and the previously unreleased version of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band's 'Do What You Do'
- Rare later day demos
In total a whopping 30 tracks, some 11 of which are released here on CD for the first time. All gloriously remastered for the digital age by Moffs mainman Tom Kazas and Sydney mastering maestro William Bowden.
But wait, there's more; a 26 page book booklet describing The Moffs rapid rise from the southern Sydney beach suburb of Maroubra to darlings of the inner-city to world wide noteriety courtesy of their indie smash 7" 'Another Day in the Sun'. Complete with rare photos, handbills and poster art - all documented and researched by Feel Presents musical historian Tim Pittman.
The Moffs were always the odd men out at Sydney label Citadel Records. Sure they shared their label mates predilection for a good paisley shirt and pointed Beatle boots (Lime Spiders, The Stems et all) but the comparisons stop just about there. While their contemporaries took inspiration from the US side of the Atlantic and, for the most part, sixties and seventies garage rock, The Moffs took their influence more from the UK and the mod, psychedelic and prog-rock scenes of the same time. As a result it set them apart from the 'garage-rock' pack that swept Australia in the mid-eighties, but did them no harm as release after release topped the Australian independent charts (including a whopping 16 weeks for their 1985 debut chart-topper 'Another Day in the Sun') and drew blubbering praise from both the UK and European press.
"This is the best of the flawless series of Citadel singles (a dozen superb 45s to date) and believe me the competition is fierce! I demand a whole Moffs LP immediately, if not sooner, in the meantime BUY THIS RECORD!" Bucketful of Brains UK
The Moffs 'The Collection' is out August 30th.