Dream Buffet by Restless Leg
‘Dream Buffet is brilliant. Restless Leg have a huge selection of colours on which to paint on their sparkling canvas, creating a vivid and layered whole. Their influences are ever present but remain merely a signpost to the direction the band travels and never part of the journey itself. It is a very nice journey indeed.’
8.6/10 Arun Kendall – Backseat Mafia
‘[On Dream Buffet] Sydney’s Restless Leg happily swing between up and moving and more inward looking, walking the line between semi-sunshine and shade. The effect, musically and lyrically, is of a band a little more curbed by life and some bitterness, but not yet fettered. You can imagine them working on different angles of this template for another decade or two, consistently inviting and satisfying, with maybe a bit less faith in humanity each time.’
Bernard Zuel – bernardzuel.net
‘Sydney’s Restless Leg serve up a feast for the ears on Dream Buffet. Making infectious and hook-laden guitar-pop, their sparkling third record is plush, full of imagery and is a pandemic-era album for the ages.’
2SER FM – Feature album 20 June 2021
RESTLESS LEG – DREAM BUFFET BIO
By the end of 2019 Restless Leg (RL) were road-testing new songs while continuing to write and rehearse for a new album. Early in 2020, RL reached out to Jamie Hutchings (Bluebottle Kiss, Infinity Broke, The Tall Grass) to produce the next record. As well as being a friend (and former bandmate with Jared), Jamie has produced albums by Mark Moldre, Peabody and The Maladies.
Recorded over five days at Lost Sound Recording Studio in the inner-Sydney suburb of Marrickville. A host of guest musicians added flute, recorder, piano, organ and violin to the guitars, bass, drums, Casio keyboard, shakers, handclaps and other percussion instruments played by the band members themselves.
Equal parts Flying Nun indie-rock, Velvet Underground inspired drone and shambolic Pavement-tinged country, producer and band have conjured a smorgasbord of imagery, stories, poetry, half-baked schemes and overcooked memories to fully realise the character and eccentricities of the songs that make Dream Buffet.
Tracklist
| 1. | The World's A Room | 3:27 |
| 2. | Oblivion Banjo | 3:24 |
| 3. | Caught The Corners | 4:03 |
| 4. | A Song About A Song | 4:33 |
| 5. | The Wheel It Turns | 2:24 |
| 6. | In A Mirror Life | 3:06 |
| 7. | I Have No Choice I Am A Tree | 2:27 |
| 8. | Some Tricks | 2:35 |
| 9. | Breathe In Breathe Out | 4:00 |
| 10. | Of Timber And Tiling | 2:45 |
| 11. | Forever Follows You | 2:19 |
| 12. | A King's Canopy | 3:23 |
Videos
Credits
Produced by Jamie Hutchings
Recorded by David Akerman at Lost Sound Recording Studio, Marrickville
Mixed by Tim Kevin at Tempe River Studio, Marrickville
Mastered by Hanzsek Audio
All songs written and composed by Ben Chamie / Restless Leg (Control)
Restless Leg is Fiona Whalley - bass, Jared Harrison – drums, Adam Taylor - guitar, Ben Chamie - guitar/vocals
Violin – Kathryn Brownhill
Flute – Kirsten Whalley
Recorders - Kirsten Whalley and Fiona Whalley
Piano and organ - Tim Kevin
Casio keys - Adam Taylor
Harmonica - Ben Chamie
Classical guitar - Jamie Hutchings
Percussion – Jared Harrison
Extra percussion (hand claps and hitting things) – Jamie Hutchings and Restless Leg
Cover art – Cameron Emerson-Elliott
Photography – Joshua Morris Photography
Layout – Kitty Blackman at Troy Horse
License
All rights reserved.
Restless Leg got born in March 2012 at a backyard party. Constant gigging lent itself to lean and direct song arrangements recalling classic antipodean indie rockers such as The Go-Betweens and The Clean. RL released their self-titled debut in June 2013, follow up album 'Some Kind of Restless' in October 2017 and 'Dream Buffet' in June 2021.