May 2025 – CurtBile.com

Royal tear-if

Australian?

Colours are ‘in’ this season

Delay addict

Gap tooth blues

Come bite the apple

The kind of story we need, right now

Such a bad talker

Boys against girls

Heard a single on STAR-98.7, the latest from Royal Otis. Had not heard about these folk. Pure saccharine perfect for STAR. The double tracked vocals remind a bit of E. Smith crossed with Wolf Parade.

Wes cricket

Puddle of Mudd, Firefly, KISS THE MACHINE, 2025

Think “trust, she fuckin’ hates me” level of super-production.

The title possibly a nod to the prevalence of emerging technology AI/robotics.

More of an EP at thirty minutes. The album cover photo is a young girl kissing a gumball machine.

Curiousity cat

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Italy gives final approval for world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily August 6, 2025
The project, which has been started before, still needs to cross several hurdles before building can start.
British woman sentenced over Thai drugs smuggling August 6, 2025
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