Steinbecks, The - Kick to Kick with The Steinbecks

Highly anticipated new album from Australian pop disciples The Steinbecks, the band led by former Sugargliders Josh and Joel Meadows. The Steinbecks emerged from the ashes of The Sugargliders after the ’gliders released ten 7” singles on legendary pop labels Sarah Records in England and Summershine Records in Australia. The Meadows brothers write emotionally honest pop songs about the world as they experience it, and record them with multi-instrumentalists Matt Sigley (Earthmen, Daytime Frequency), Joseph Bromley, and Jerry Rinse. ‘Kick To Kick With The Steinbecks’ is the band’s first album since ‘Far From The Madding Crowd’ in 2007 and features 12 new recordings that deliver an especially dynamic listening experience. The album opens with ‘Homesickness’—a blast of pure guitar pop that is at the same time unsettling due to its odd timing. The lyrics chart the yearning for a place/moment/thing that cannot be recovered: “And we ask, why does this light seem wrong? And where’s the shiver