The Triffids - You Don't Miss Your Water (Hot)

A slow, sprawling lament from what is probably Australia's best group at the moment. The Triffids take all sorts of musical influences under their umbrella - from psychedelic to folk - but always come out on top. Simon Le Bon's record of the month, I hear... (Paul Bursche, No 1, August 24, 1985)

The Triffids - Trick Of The Light (Island)

A tease of a song taken from the Australian six-stringers' 'Calenture' LP. Smiling spiralling guitars and levitating keyboards build and build, and then refuse to give you the expected chorus splash. A fine, airy piece of guitar pop with a touch of Lloyd Cole in the vocals and a lyric which contains the line 'The rim of her mouth was golden.' Too many fags I expect. (Roger Morton, Record Mirror, January 16, 1988)