Mother and Son are a surf and blues tinged garage rock duo form Wollongong, Australia. Since forming they have been making plenty of fans where ever they play. "The guitarist/vocalist and drummer duo of Mother and Son delivered raw stripped back garage rock not dissimilar to other bands with this kind of line up- The White Stripes or The Black Keys. However they mixed things up a bit with slabs of dark surf-rock ala The Cramps. It's obvious that frontman Bodie's porno moustache was the secret behind his power to pull off whiskey soaked, gravel encrusted blues vocals that were the focal point of an immensely entertaining live act." The [AU] Review "Mother and Son's music has a similar feel to bands like The Cramps, The Black Keys and Link Wray, while their lyrics look back to the classics of Tom Waits. This music sounds like it has originated from a lost highway in a Bukowski novel or if Tom Wait's th & Hennepin' was written somewhere in a Sydney pub." Fbi Radio "If these rocking cats were around in the early 90's they surely woulda ended up on a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack. With more grinding swagger than you would expect form a bunch of white boys from Australia..." Neonhearts "Mother And Son acquitted themselves well with just guitar and drums, opening with an instrumental before frontman Bodie offered his ragged voice for sacrifice. A two-piece visiting from Wollongong, the band played garage-hewn blooze with some surf signifiers. There was a frayed, discursive take on The Boxtops classic 'The Letter' as well as 'Dead Yellow Moon', Mother And Son's share of a split 7" with local headliners The Yard Apes. Somewhere between the deconstructive chops of The Black Keys and the slipshod carousing of The Black Lips, the set boded well for the band's new second album." Mess & Noise "trash duo Mother & Son have been doin' their thang now for a couple of years, having toured up n' down the east coast and releasing a self-funded 7" and CDEP. As with any two-piece since '97, comparisons to The White Stripes and The Black Keys can be drawn, however lazy that may seem. But Mother & Son refuse to be typecast, and manage to rise above the limitations that two-piece can bring, resulting in a very full, and thoroughly satisfying listening experience. Consisting of Bodie Jarman (guitar/vocals) and Mat Teudt (drums), Mother & Son draw from a wide range of sources from over a century of popular music. Anyone with an historical musical interest will revel in the sounds the duo have resurrected from the cultural dustbin. Whether it's the surf-instro of Dick Dale found within the opener, the Nick Cave/Lux Interior vocal approach on 'The Hanging Tree', the Carl Perkins rockabilly on 'It Won't Be Long', or the spaghetti western subtext on 'Johnny Boy', Mother & Son have delivered a well-rounded album with points of interest throughout. Recorded in Big Fish Studios (Towradgi), the duo add a lot of reverb to flesh out any empty spaces, but don't over-complicate things with too much studio trickery. Amidst such disparate era-sounds, lesser acts would stumble and fall. Not Mother & Son. Despite throwing gothic, spaghetti-western, surf-rock, and swamp blues all into the one mixing desk, the pair have managed to avoid a sonic catastrophe and instead have delivered an album that challenges the naysayers of two-piece rock, and indeed indie rock entirely." heltersmelter.com Record Label: Impedance Style: Garage Rock