Yep Roc Records
2006
Zeno Beach
About This Album
After 30 years, it is reasonable to expect that a new Radio Birdman record is an iffy proposition. The Australian rock band led by Ann Arbor guitarist and songwriter (and then medical student) Deniz Tek in the late '70s recorded two classic albums, Radios Appear in 1978 -- issued in a different version from its Australian original -- and the import-only Living Eyes, recorded and released down under that same year. The band is the stuff of legend. For the annual Big Day Out in 1996, Deniz Tek, vocalist Rob Younger, and Chris Masuak, all of whom had been active musically in other concerns and stayed in touch, re-formed and played with keyboardist Pip Hoyle and a rhythm section to enormous acclaim. Bassist Jim Dickson joined in 2000 and drummer Russell Hopkinson signed on in 2005.

Simply put, Zeno Beach is better, far better, than anyone had any right to expect. The twin blasting guitars of Tek and Masuak with Younger's vocals (he has always been the quintessential rock & roll frontman), along with a smoking rhythm section attack, bring the make or break down to the songs. While there isn't anything here on the level of "Do the Pop," "Aloha Steve and Danno," or "455 SD," there isn't a weak second here.
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