We're all men (ALT) (LP 878)

ALT  altitude (CD, EMI, 1995) ***  

Genre: NZ music

Places I remember: Vinyl Countdown (New Plymouth)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Penelope Tree

Gear costume: I Decided To Fly 

Active compensatory factors: A weird one this. Tim Finn and two musician mates/drinking buddies head to the studio, have a strum along and lay down some grooves. Call themselves ALT (after their first initials - Andy, Liam and Tim), release an album without a lot of fanfare and move on quickly to their day jobs.

So it's loose and funky and groovy and there's no over-thinking stuff.

Result? Well, although it's uneven, it's pretty cool actually in a matey, David Crosby's first solo album all get together and jam kind of way.

Tim in particular benefits from the trio formation, and the looseness. He is blessed with a great voice and he doesn't have to do all the heavy lifting here. Plus it sounds like he's having fun!

Where do they all belong? As I said, they quickly moved on to their regular bands or solo careers so this is a one off.