Tasmanian indie band The Silverbeets offer a special blend of psychedelic power pop on their new concept album Mr Brown Goes To The Cabaret. It follows the adventures of an enigmatic man trying to cope with everyday hassles, looking for answers in Eastern religions, trying to take it more easy, and falling in love to get away from the loneliness.
Mr Brown is obviously a troubled soul and a Hollywood ending is not in the cards. At times it seems to him that he is locked up in a prison of his own advice, craving for a bit of kindness. The Silverbeets are pulling out all the stops, hopping from one genre to the next, mirroring the protagonist's mindset by way of straight-out rock, vaudeville, surf, constructing a modern day rock opera that is filled to the rafters with smart hooks and adventurous harmonies.
Listeners who are wondering what to pop into the player after making their way through the two parts of The Kinks' Preservation Act, or the three acts of Frank Zappa's Joe Garage, will love it. The Silverbeets only need 45 minutes to paint a complete picture, so a short attention span will suffice.
Mr Brown Goes To The Cabaret is a self-released album. Buy it from website. Release date: May 2.
Tracks:- Smell The Roses
- You Gotta Risk It
- Siddhartha
- Gravity
- Let's Fall In Love For The Day
- 1 Lonely Brain
- Wicked Ways
- Better
- Mr Brown's World Sized Prison Cell
- My Utopian Dystopia
- Gather 'Round
- Won't You Join Us
- Yesterday's Tomorrow
- Art and Soul
