★★★★☆
Tassie four-piece Luca Brasi have found the formula on their third LP,If This Is All We’re Going To Be, cementing the sound they have been working on for years on stages across Australia.
The album doesn’t let up, with ten fist-in-the-air anthems that feature all the cornerstones of their sound. The solid production only serves to make sure that the drums are as big as they have ever been, and the choruses are even bigger.
The two singles released before the album do an accurate job of representing the sonic spectrum of the album. ‘Aeroplane’ opens with massive power chords, while in comparison, the first half of ‘The Cascade Blues’ is a ballad, letting noodling guitar lines fill in the verses. Closing track ‘Count Me Out’ is another highlight, with Camp Cope’s Georgia Maq lending her voice to the song.
Lyrically, Luca Brasi are crafting their strongest songs yet, channelling the mantra of Frank Turner with lines like “Let’s never tell each other that we can’t live forever / Too stubborn to die, too bad to surrender” – we are defeated, but we sure as hell ain’t giving up.
Luca Brasi have come through with one of the better Australian punk albums of the year.
Luca Brasi’sIf This Is All We’re Going To Beis out now through Poison City.
