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Spring Hill Fair ReviewThis was the first Go-Betweens record to feature dapper bassist Robert Vickers - with bassist/singer Grant McLennan switching to guitar - giving the Go-Betweens a dual guitar line-up, thus increasing melodic possibilities and filling out their overall sound. Here was a significant change since previously, Go-Betweens songs were distinctive for odd yet lovely interwoven melodic exchanges between bass and guitar. With Grant now playing much of the lead guitar parts, the songs show greater sophistication with more complex and fuller arrangements, not to mention greater attention is given to how melodies play off each other harmonically.
Right from the start you can hear this newfound sophistication with Grant's mellifluous, airy "Bachelor Kisses." "5 Words" features deceptively simple and pretty, melodic acoustic guitar parts harmonizing uniquely with an electric lead to form a catchy, sharp pop tune. And Forster's deeply moving yet oblique break-up ballad "Part Company" features some of the most beautiful guitar interplay the group ever recorded. The shimmering, lilting gem "Unkind and Unwise" (one of McLennan's all time best) is a throwback to their more rhythmically disjointed "Cattle and Cane" days (kudos to Lindy Morrison's inventive drumming).
A few songs rock out with wild abandon: Forster's "You've Never Lived" and "Man 'O Sand to Girl 'O Sea" (the latter being an inferior re-make of the same fierce tune previously released on 7") are terse, bitter, post-punk/pop gems, with a more angularly melodic feel. Other songs take a more experimental route with mixed success: McLennan's cool "Slow Slow Music" sounds like a cross between Gene Loves Jezebel and Aztec Camera, while his Birthday Party-esque "River of Money" features spoken-word over fuzzed out guitar feedback (and unfortunately disrupts the flow of the record).
This is a finely crafted, invigorating, challenging record, and while it may not be quite as consistent as "Liberty Belle," it runs a close second. Also, this CD may have the best bonus disc of all the 2-disc reissues, as there seemed to be a wealth of quality b-sides and interesting unreleased demos from this period, making this particular version well worth seeking out.Spring Hill Fair Overview

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