专辑简介

In February 1980 Tactics released their first album, My Houdini. The album has been described as being “full of frantic energy, scratchy guitars, uneasy melodies, challenging songs and astute lyrical observations” and is recognised as a landmark recording from that period of Australian music. My Houdini featured a wider range of instrumentation than the band’s live sound, with Ingrid Spielman playing piano on the recording and saxophones and flutes used for several of the songs. The album included a re-worked “Buried Country” from their earlier Long Weekend EP, as well as some slower, more reflective songs such as “The Usual”, “Frozen Park” and “A Settler's Complaint”, which were not usually played in the band’s live set. My Houdini was a landmark Australian indy. It may hardly be remembered today, but that’s probably because the sheer originality of Dave Studdert’s vision – and the shrillness of his voice – still asks too much of an audience.