“I think it’s a testament to Tim’s songwriting ability and also to his perseverance.” “It just goes to show that once people get the chance to hear a band through a good single, things really start happening,” says Rolling Stone editor Andrew Humphreys. Spearheaded by the elegant, semi-comical ballad ‘No Aphrodisiac’, the piano-pop album is number 14 on the ARIA chart. If Freedman, 31, were to choose one album for Nick Whitlam to hear, it would probably be his band’s latest, Eternal Nightcap. He probably wouldn’t know a Whitlams album either…I should send him one so he can actually get educated.” ![]() “Nick Whitlam,” Freedman finally offers, “wouldn’t know a Dead Kennedys album if it got up and bit him on the arse. Reclining on a chair in the backyard of his rented terrace in Sydney’s Newtown, the gangly pianist sips a bloody mary and considers a fitting rebuttal. I think they may be more talented than The Whitlams, I regret.” A year on, this dismissive appraisal draws a smile from Tim Freedman, singer-songwriter and founder of the Sydney band that boldly borrowed Australia’s most recognisable political name. ![]() “I guess it’s better than being called the Dead Kennedys. “There’s a band called The Whitlams, yes,” acknowledged Nicholas Whitlam, son of famed former PM Gough, in an interview last year.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |