We will riot, by Tim Oxley

We will riot

by Tim Oxley

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1.	Rock on 02:41	info	buy track
2.	Buntops 02:56	info	buy track
3.	Number 3 02:05	info	buy track
4.	We are robots 01:52	info	buy track
5.	Rock and roll girlfriend 02:21	info	buy track
6.	Fuck the buddhists 02:37	info	buy track
7.	There is no god 02:49	info	buy track
8.	Icelandic revolution 02:05	info	buy track
9.	Parents on drugs 02:26	info	buy track
10.	We will riot 03:37	info	buy track

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This record is so smart it should have lifetime membership of Mensa, but its a cleverness that's never snobbish or intellectual. Mr Flabio sits back, tongue in cheek and pen at the ready, and takes aim at the directionless, the Interwebs generation and yes, you and me, with withering accuracy. This is melodic fuzz guitars played at stun volume and Mr Flabio’s sardonic barbs are meted out with sugar hits embedded in their pop hooks.

Mr Flabio is the nom de plume for Tim Oxley, one of the siblings from that talented family and a performing and touring artist in his own right. He’s been in The Verys, the Sunnyboys (a stand-in for Richard at the 1998 Mushroom concert and a sideman on their most recent tour.) He’s worked as a tour manager and collaborated Jodi Phillis (The Clouds) in The Dearhunters and Roger Loves Betty. He played and sang everything on “We Will Riot”.

You should never judge a musical book solely by its cover. You’d do well to do more than scratch the surface with “We Will Riot” and listen to the lyrics. I know that’s not a fashionable thing to do these days but you might just find it rewarding.

Themes like religion (“Fuck the Buddhists”), Facebook isolationism and the prospects of a tundra-led economic revival (“Icelandic Revolution”) are skilfully laid out (although on the latter score, why anyone wants to live in a welfare state where it’s dark for three-quarters of the year and people in fulltime employment spend 70 hours at work is beyond me.)

If there’s a bottom line here (and we try to make sure there usually is) it’s that “We Will Riot” is a wryly funny and entertaining ride. So much so, that I gave it half a dozen spins without realising it was stuck in the CD player. It passes The Car Test as well - it’s good driving music that Smells Like Spleen Spirit.
Written by The Barman on 07 January 2015.

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released March 4, 2022

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Tim Oxley Molong, Australia

Hi,Ive been writing n singing songs since I was 16 yrs old.
I have travelled around, met lots of colourful characters and seen many a beautiful day.
I grew up across from the Coral sea in Kingscliff ,north NSW.
It was there I learnt how to surf, fish, play drums and a few guitar chords and write songs.
See you on the road sometime.
Tim x ... more

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