'What Is Your Excuse?' LP (SOLD OUT) Available for download from themeaningof.bandcamp.com

The debut full length release from The Meaning Of (released 2003)

Tracklisting:
1. Whoever Said We Were Leaving?
2. Bay of Martyrs
3. Pale Sky
4. Valley Of The Gods
5. Dreams
6. What An Occasion!
7. I Am Dirty
8. Piskie Song (In Memory Of Dorothy)
9. Grandmother Moon
10. Disturbed Forest
11. Stormcloud
12. Evergone
13. Election day
14. Pandora’s Box

It may have taken six years to complete, but Perth heavy rhythm rockers The Meaning Of’s debut full length CD was indeed worth the wait. The heavy riffs of Who Ever Said You Were Leaving, the didgeridoo-introduced hook-laden Bay Of Martyrs, and the quirky funky metal of the brilliant Pale Sky comprise the best opening three tracks any hard music fan could hope for. Add a beautiful acoustic ballad called Evergone, Mike Sukys’ emotive Richard Ashcroft-like vocals in What An Occasion and old live favourites such as the falsetto gold of hidden track Pandora’s Box, to a couple of spoken word moments, and you have a buffet of goodies to feast on. Chow down.

-Phil Jupp, The West Australian