The Sunset Strip

More evidence has emerged, as if more was needed, that I'm ridiculously disorganised when it comes to Sunset stuff. Mea Culpa! Warwick noticed, while playing the Stone Lazy album on one of the streaming services, that the the track 'I Dont Believe You' was missing; a track that's on the vinyl! Seems, when uploading it, I used an older version of the album where we experimented with omitting that track. It's a sprawling, dirt-laden epic that opens side 2 and I completely left it off!!! I've fixed the Bancamp version but, rather than delete the whole album from the streaming services (and have to go through the convoluted process of getting it back into the streamers), I'll include it both here on this post, and as a bonus streaming single that you can splice into your digital version of the album if you want to. It's telling that I didn't twig to the problem for 10 years. Thank goodness the Big W is more on the ball!

PS it also features Tim Hemmensely (GOD, Bored! and The Powder Monkeys) on bass and Mike Glen from HOSS on drums). Miss ya' Timmy.

The Sunset Strip - I Don't Believe You DistroKid

God I'm disorganised. Way back in 2019 I put up on Bandcamp our Crystal Ships album as a simple ad for the physical media, meaning to change it shortly thereafter to a streaming option. Yesterday I was looking at our sales wondered why there wasn't a single order for that album (one of our best). I completely forgot to creatre a download link for it! Anyway, for the few who still might be interested, here's the link -

Crystal Ships Infinite Arrivals, by The Sunset Strip 2 track album

We're proud to be included on the new compilation of Aussie music from 1985-94 called Time Capsule. Our track is a cover of The Velvet Underground's I'm Gonna Move Right In (shortened by us to just Move Right In). Available from all good record stores.

Various - Time Capsule. Australian Sounds. 1985-1994. Volume One. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2024 Vinyl release of "Time Capsule. Australian Sounds. 1985-1994. Volume One." on Discogs.

Prior to The Sunset Strip, Wazza and I were in a band called Behind The Magnolia Curtain. John Nolan (Bored/Powder Monkeys) was also in it. The band did some demo recordings and released a self-funded cassette but never really had a chance to be heard in Melbourne beyond 3RRR and the odd club gig.
In a great piece of news for Sunset-Bored/PM fans, Scotti from the very excellent Fantastic Mess Records (http://www.fantasticmessrecords.com/) is soon to release a 7 inch (and a cassette EP with a bonus track!) taken from that cassette.
One side will be ‘In My Hell’, a Dean Bateup/Warwick original from the Dean-era of the band in the vein of The Scientists (and never before released in any form). This will be backed by a Warwick, John and Simon Kerger original called ‘Julie’s Not Home’ which shows how much the band loved Alex Chilton’s early pure- pop stylings.
A cassette with one extra bonus track will also come out. Who’da thought cassingles would make a comeback?! We’ll be releasing on 8-track and DCC next!
So, keep a lookout on this page and on the Fantastic Mess Records site for the release date.