By Hollie Harris
Nearly 40 years of recording and non-stop touring … 25 top 40 hits in Australia … sustained international airplay and Mentals are still at it.
Martin Plaza and Greedy Smith are always writing songs. They can’t stop. Here comes a loony chunkabilly track from Plaza. Slide guitar harmonica and laconic vocal take us to his bedlam.
Recorded in Martin Plaza’s Sandpit and A Sharp In Riverwood, Plaza obliquely pays tribute to Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys referencing his famous living room sandpit where Brian wrote his songs and faced his personal demons.
In the can and just around the corner is a five track EP featuring the Mentals current line-up of Martin Cilia from the Atlantics on guitar, Jacob Cook on drums and from Mondo Rock, Casey Chambers and Jimmy Barnes, and James Gillard on bass and bvs.
The five new songs written by Greedy and Martin show the range and depth of two lifetimes in pop songwriting.
Catch the iconic Aussie band for a show that you will simply have to sing along with at The Brewery @ the Imperial Hotel Eumundi this Saturday 4 February.
Tickets are available at the venue, by calling 5442 8811 or via Oztix.
