Exorcise This Wasteland

Single Gun Theory were an Australian electronic dance music band formed in 1986. Founding mainstay members were Jacqui Hunt on lead vocals; Kath Power on vocal melodies and synthesiser; and Peter Rivett-Carnac on guitar, synthesiser and sampling. They were brought to the attention of Nettwerk Records by fellow Aussie Tom Ellard of Severed Heads. Single Gun Theory shared Ellard's love of the found soundbyte, but musically, they were an entirely different story. Their synth-heavy sound is generally pleasant, more like Book of Love, but occasionally a Dissidenten-like Eastern twist was thrown in. Occasionally things get a bit intense, as on the title track, but mostly it's innocuous electro-pop music. It sounds a bit dated now, but it was certainly ahead of its time when it was released.