Something for Kate
The Answer to Both your Questions
(Murmur)
Form Guide
June 1996 (issue 32)

Everything about this band points towards them becoming very big in a very short time from now. They have established a reputation as one of Melbourne's best live bands, which is no easy task in this city. Now they have the resources of Murmur behind them, it seems only a matter of time before they "make it big" all over Australia. This EP captures the intensity and atmosphere of their live shows and should satisfy their fans from these gigs and bring them many new ones as well. While not overwhelmingly radio-friendly, RRR and PBS will undoubtedly give it the thrashing it deserves and I would expect it to get fairly heavy exposure on JJJ as well, which has led to the success of many other Australian bands.

The album was produced by Greg Atkinson of Big Heavy Stuff and BHS fans should get into this album although Something for Kate are a lot more serious and brooding at times, but not in a bad way. I would never have picked the similarities in the sound if it hadn't been pointed out to me, but now I can see they are definitely there.

Overall, this EP is of a consistently high standard and does not contain a bad track, although critics could say that the tracks (especially the beginnings) do start to sound quite similar towards the end. I would love to be in Something For Kate's shoes in the next 6 months because this is one of the best debut EP's I've heard in a long time and things can only get better for them from here.

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