DESCRIPTION: Melbourne, Australia songwriter Jarrod Quarrell’s electronic funk duo with Shags Chamberlain on bass and synthesizers are "Lost Animal".
Five years on from the brilliant Ex-Tropical – which pitted his laconic snarl against calypso beats and faux steel drums – Quarrell and Co. have taken that record's underlying menace and pushed it to the fore. "Do the Jerk" is a desperate song for desperate times. "When I've got nothing left/I'm going to put my body to work," Quarrell drawls, before all hell (in the form of an unwieldy clarinet solo) breaks loose. Amy Franz and Amanda Roff's vocals play off nicely against Quarrell's gritty hustle on "Prisoners Island", while Ex-Tropical's calypso vibes are obliterated by the dystopian nightmare of "Message For the Future".
