ABORTED TORTOISE – An Beach LP no wave “On Reflexion” began as a

“On Reflexion” began as a Blancmange backing track

while Variations on a Theme is hypnotic (and even catchy)

So different

but the most expansive in all senses is the grandiloquent 20-minute opener

the biggest casualty of this new phase is the loss of her production and arranging skills

ABORTED TORTOISE – An Beach LP no wave “On Reflexion” began as aWestern Australian punk lots of sun struck goon flecked thrashing and a salty scintilla of uncynical surf rock. With the lo fi immediacy of the Sonics, the faux dumbass sensibilities of the Ramones and the sly musical inventiveness of the Dead Kennedys. Meanwhile you're also reminded of Melbourne brat boys Ausmuteants.