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Straight Arrows
Make Up Your Mind

Long overdue. Of course, I speak exclusively of this song's reference to the emotional frustrations associated with not being afforded the privilege of a peaceful moment on the toilet. And not at all to the fact it's creators haven't released anything since The Keating Years. Whilst retractors, negative creeps and creepy tractor drivers alike will protest that the Straight Arrows have "hardly re-invented the bloody wheel" on this mid-fi punk/pop/party track, I would retort with an argument that you're looking in the wrong direction for your wheel-advancement needs. What's wrong with your brains/arms?

The band's new album, recorded by frontman Owen Penglis "half in his kitchen, the rest in his new, legitimate studio", is expected to be released early next year via Rice Is Nice.

Straight Arrows kick off their national tour in support of Violent Soho later this week...

Thursday, October 24: The Great Northern, Byron Bay
Friday, October 25: Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Saturday, October 26: The Zoo, Brisbane
Sunday, October 27: The Zoo, Brisbane
Thursday, October 31: Mojo's, Fremantle
Friday, November 1: Amplifier, Perth
Saturday, November 2: Uni Bar, Adelaide
Monday, November 4: The Corner, Melbourne