HOBSON BAY COAST GUARD 'Weather Report' LP

Since their inception in 2017, HBCG have quickly and assuredly carved a unique groove in the Australian underground scene, consistently presenting an array of creative recordings, with 2019 debut album, Hobsons Bay Coast Guard, 2022 experimental pop record, Tubular Swells, and a notoriously fun and captivating live show.

With Weather Report, the DIY explorers have collated their hard-won experience into their most mature yet lighthearted offering yet. 14 tracks spanning surf-rock, punk, weirdo-pop and their own brand of creative mayhem.

Across the album, the band seeks to explore humanity’s relationship to the mega-natural. As the environment crumbles around us by the weight of our collective decisions, the earth answers with storms, quakes, floods, and eruptions, each cataclysm a reminder of our small place in the universe and our huge responsibility ecosystems.

Every song on the record reflects some part of that contradiction. Natural disasters as metaphors for love, loss, relationships and the relentless passage of time. Singles, ‘Tidal Wave’ and ‘Monsoon’, both address the acceptance of life even in the face of huge adversity. While the 60’s punk-inspired ‘Tornado Time’ and ‘Earthquake’ talk about the beginning and end of relationships, ‘Sunsetters’ – a six minute surf-psych epic – expresses the loss of inhibition at the twilight of a life well lived.