The Native Cats - Aces Low / Lose Count 7”

Long-time favourites The Native Cats have blessed this new financial year with a splendid double a-side 7” single. ‘Aces Low’ is new territory for the group, a laid back but bent luau with a reassuring, what’s-the-opposite-of-a-diatribe vocal performance. It’d fit well in a karaoke medley alongside Nathan Roche’s ‘Magnetic Memory’ and Prefab Sprout’s ‘Moving The River’. I’m regularly touched by this group, but this song touches in a different way.

Alternatively ‘Lose Count’ is on the more agro side o’ things, leaning into hard into the biting and throbbing post-punk impulses the band has honed in on over their frankly, very impressive discography. - Nic