“Methyl Ethel return with their finest work yet”
“Methyl Ethel are named for one element in particular, a colorless, aromatic organic compound used in industrial solvents. But a whole bunch of elements—all of them, to be exact—find their way onto the successful Aussie band’s third record. Searing electric chords permeate the sparkling solution that is “All The Elements,” one of the best songs on the album, a winding response to a pesky, poking su”
“When dissecting Methyl Ethel‘s last release, 2017’s ‘Everything Is Forgotten‘, we (perhaps rather unfairly) labelled them just another “psychedelic rock band from Perth” who were struggling to to escape from the shadow of the nation’s exports like Tame Impala. Thankfully, ‘Triage’, the band’s third album is in no danger of fulfilling that prophecy – it’s quite like nothing we’ve heard from them be”
“This third record from Methyl Ethel is apparently the first that was intended “to be heard”, by which frontman and principal songwriter Jake Webb presumably means that it was intended for a wider audience than just former bandmates and friends within Perth’s music scene (their first two albums chronicled his uneasy relationship with both in some detail). ‘Triage’ is the trio’s most accessible work”
