Gareth Two: Gareth Liddiard

Fiona Kitschin and Gareth Liddiard during the first TFS American tour.

Tropical Fuck Storm is an Australian group led by Drones singer/guitarist Gareth Liddiard, with guitarist Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin (Drones) on bass, and drummer Lauren "Hammer" Hammel. Tropical Fuck Storm's debut album,  A Laughing Death In Meatspace, was released earlier this year in Australia, and will see US release on October 26 on the Joyful Noise label. TFS has returned to the USA in October for a two week tour with Modest Mouse. 

Tropical Fuck Storm also recently released split single with Liars. The b-sides of the first four TFS singles have wonderful non-LP covers of Australian artists (Lost Animal, The Nation Blue, Divinyls, and the Bee Gees). I have become obsessed with the song "Lose The Baby" -- the understated menace of the Lost Animal original as well as the supersized TFS version, with Liddiard and Dunn's guitars and the backing vocals by Dunn and Kitschin.

Here are a half dozen cover songs and the originals that inspired them: Lose The Baby, It's So Different Here (Hollie Cook/Rachel Sweet), Baby Doll (The Duke Spirit/Alex Chilton), You Can't Take Love For Granted (Marti Jones/Graham Parker), Flatlands (Mark Lanegan/Chelsea Wolfe), and Neon Lights (Kevin Kane/Kraftwerk).

Farrago & Longaway from jonderblog on 8tracks Radio.