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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