Album Review: The Vines, Future Primitive

Album cover for Future Primitive. Photo / Supplied

After years of failing to front at shows and hurling abuse at their supporters, Aussie band the Vines have channelled their raucous energy in this, their fifth album.

Singer Craig Nicholls' opening scream lights the fire in the band's belly as it roars through surf rock and then scrapes the galaxy's ceiling with splashes of meditative futurama.

It's sporadic moments are railed by carefully tapered melodies, like an unpredictable personality disorder that's safe when contained in its art.

Stars: 3/5

- TimeOut