The newest single from Melbourne’s shining stars of 2006, Midnight Juggernauts, is ‘Road to Recovery’. It showcases more of the Juggs’ dark, shimmering and atmospheric production, and also features their newest band member; drummer Daniel Stricker (formerly of The Valentinos).

Beginning with a brooding stomp of heavy bass and drums, and a mysterious discordant vocal, it evokes thoughts of journeying into dark corridors of the unknown . The chorus, however, arrives like a beam of dizzying sunlight, with a driving 4/4 disco beat and emergent spiralling synthesizers. Vincent on vox lets you know the score, you are on a “Path to discovery, Road to recovery”. The contrasting, emotive beauty of the chorus makes you feel like you have just emerged from a heavy hangover only to be greeted by a beautiful girl at your front door. As one reviewer from Fact Magazine UK wrote: “listening to Midnight Juggernauts leaves you with dirty thoughts… dark and mischievous-sounding music for dingy nightclubs and even dingier bedrooms”.

The composition is mature, the production; tight and polished. There is no doubt that, providing the Midnight Juggernauts can continue to pump out quality music like ‘Road to Recovery’, they will ascend further as ambassadors for independent Australian creative talent. As influential blog Big Stereo (http://this.bigstereo.net/) wrote: “if music this good keeps coming out of Australia, I’m just going to have to pack up and move there. This is getting nuts”. ‘Road to Recovery’ has already been spinning on high rotation on JJJ and Sydney’s FBi 94.5, the Midnight Juggernauts even occupy a position in the “top friends” of electronica gods Daft Punk (www.myspace.com/daftpunk). Big props for a band whose debut full-length album is still forthcoming!