Off Set Guitars and Stars
The Off Set have released a three-track EP full of jangly goodness. The Perth/Boorloo multi-songwriter four-piece are clearly having fun making the music they want to make, and that sense of enjoyment comes through.
The EP opens with The places she only wished that she could go, written by Barry Divola and probably the catchiest of the tracks. See our single review of the tune here. It remains an earworm, but there’s enough going on beneath the catchy surface to make you dig a little deeper into what it’s actually about, referencing the strange phenomenon of youths going missing prior to the Tokyo Olympics in 1964.
Pretty One, written by Zack Yusof Young, presents a somewhat darker tone but no less accomplished. With a hint of Gary Moore’s Still Got the Blues, it’s moody but still features plenty of the guitar licks that define the band’s sound. It’s nice when artists can broaden their palette while still sounding like the same band.
Dave Wallace contributes the third track, Dusk Till Dawn, and moves back into catchy jangle. The tune sits somewhere between 60s acoustic rock and 90s alternative and features some fine imagery of the sun and moon sharing the sky, juxtaposed against the struggles of a relationship (yep, true literary ascendancy has been achieved with the use of the word juxtaposed). The track proves the band are a triple threat of songwriters, while still managing to sound cohesive as a unit; something that shines through in their live sound as well.
Stars Shift Over Time shows there’s plenty of songwriting depth within The Off Set, and makes you interested to hear where they go next. If it’s anything to go by, we can expect more quality, varied songwriting in the future.
The Off Set are launching a limited vinyl pressing of the EP at Lyrics Underground on August 29.
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