R.M.F.C. is the recording project of New South Wales Buz Clatworthy. Buz Clatworthy seemingly writes songs with natural born ease, both unfussy and hyper catchy. Since 2018 R.M.F.C. have released a slew on 7's on Anti Fade, Total Punk and Goodbye Boozy and 2023's debut full-length Club Hits. This album gained energy and charm from both punchy songs and subtly, with each song moving R.M.F.C. forward, whilst holding something memorable.

Since then Clatworthy has continued to push himself creatively through singles, which feels like the smart play. He is allowed the freedom to experiment and express without really having to harken back to any trace of his beginnings of automaton-inflected, fast-paced wormy punk from his youth. Most recent 7 Ecstatic Strife dips its mug into the punch bowl of what's best about New Zealand's 80s jangle pop scene, with Clatworthy's assured drumming keeping it on edge. B-side Golden Trick is a magical stunner that delves into something more meditative. It's meditative and lush and hopefully a promise of more to come.

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THE HOBKNOBS debut album Helmets Off is released this June, by themselves and 12XU. Every word and every strum sounds like it's placed in exactly the right moment. Perhaps it is this bareness of the songs, that makes it feel as if The Hobknobs are speaking to the listener directly. It is clear that they dont want anything to cloud this human interaction. Yaël Dekker, whom you may also know as the singer of The Klittens, and Arie van Vliet, who used to spread his word through the band Lewsberg, were once described as loving misanthropes. Listening to Helmets Off, this description seems rather accurate. Dekker and Van Vliet's voices seem to know each other well, in a way that magnifies the songs beyond their deceptive simplicity.

https://thehobknobs.net/