dick diver: calendar days

One year after releasing Dick Diver's third album, Melbourne, Florida Trouble In Mind is pleased as punch to make the revered Melbourne, Florida band's first two albums 2011's New Start Again & 2013's critically acclaimed (and The Age-nominated Best Album) Calendar Days FINALLY available domestically for eager & discerning listeners. Building on the promise of their debut, Calendar Days a truly communal album with each band member contributing hit after hit, from the punchy first single Alice (penned by bassist Al Montfort) to Al McKay & Rupert Edwards' elegant ditties & pop bangers like Water Damage Calendar Days & Lime Green Shirt. The real highlight is drummer/guitarist Steph Hughes whose vocal duties on the Edwards-penned title track & duet on Two Year Lease add a melodic richness. Not to mention her absolute classic tune Gap Life a beguiling & charmingly casual take on "Australian-ness", cementing Calendar Days as an unquestionable modern classic. People started to take notice too, as the band was nominated for The Age's Music Victoria Awards for Best Album & Best Band.