Album Review: All Aboard!! Let’s get stuck into Liquid Nails’ latest, Suburban Timetable

Liquid Nails are Trent Thomas (guitar/vocals), David Holmes (bass) and Keith Churchill (drums) and hail from nipaluna/Hobart. Formed in 2019, the band have now released 2 albums; 2022’s self-titled debut and now, Suburban Timetable, which has been released on Psychedelic Salad Records.

A feature of the band’s music throughout their career thus far has been the driving force provided by Churchill’s frenetic drumming style, coupled with Holmes’s solid bass work which opens the way for Thomas to overlay his chiming, chorus-laden guitar lines and angsty vocal style to produce their signature, angular sound.

The band’s musical style is influenced by the members shared love of classic late 70’s and early to mid 80’s punk and post-punk, whilst their song-writing is informed by a keen sense of social justice and understanding of local issues, though on Suburban Timetable we see a subtle shift into the broader context of feelings and emotion that accompany the realities of life in a complex world. Coupled with predominantly short songs (the album, with its’ eleven songs, clocks in at just under 28 minutes), Liquid Nails are fine exponents of punchy, post-punk rock of the highest order.

The band were thrilled to be able to have time at Flying Pan Studios to record, and feel that the album is another step forward in their evolution, with a punchier, and crisper sound than over previous efforts, and are, deservedly, very excited about the release of this, their sophomore long-player.

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As with their self-titled LP debut back in 2022, the vinyl edition of Suburban Timetable is a 45rpm album (in the truest of punk tradition) and delivers its’ 11 blistering tracks in a way that replicates the band’s high-octane, live performances at venues in their hometown of nipaluna/Hobart.

Below are two prime examples of the music from Suburban Timetable, with album opener, Dejected World and first song released from the album prior to its’ official release, Under Flightpaths.

Suburban Timetable was recorded and mixed  by Tim Kling at Frying Pan Studios at MONA in Hobart’s northern suburbs. The album was mastered by Will at Dead Air Studios, and album artwork/layout by David Fooks.

The album is available on LP and digital download at the band’s Bandcamp page or through Psychedelic Salad Records.