Civic
Civic formed in Melbourne in 2017 and quickly became one of the city's most exciting modern punk-rooted rock bands. Their early concept was direct: strip rock and roll back to danger, speed, and economy while pulling from the lineage of Australian punk, proto-punk, and hardcore. New Vietnam captured that first burst with raw guitars, urgent vocals, and a sense of motion that felt both classic and immediate. The debut full-length Future Forecast broadened the attack, adding sharper songwriting and a more fully realized blend of garage punk, noise-rock grit, and high-voltage rock hooks. Taken By Force pushed the band's sound toward a more muscular and dystopian shape, while Chrome Dipped later showed a willingness to disrupt expectations and rework their sonic frame. Civic's songs are lean but not simplistic, driven by slashing guitars, compact rhythms, and Jim McCullough's charged delivery. They stand out by treating rock tradition as fuel rather than museum material, turning familiar ingredients into something fast, volatile, and present-tense.
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Civic Discography
14 tracks
- 1 Nuclear Son 1:33
- 2 New Vietnam 2:24
- 3 Satellites 2:13
- 4 Street Machine Dream 4:19
- 5 Call the Doctor 2:45
- 6 Shackled Man 3:58
- 7 Burning steel 2:34
- 8 Flick The Station 2:37
- 9 Pleasure 3:00
- 10 Heat 2:38
- 11 Needle In The Camel's Eye 3:00
- 12 Selling, Sucking, Blackmail, Bribes 1:45
- 13 Velvet Casino 2:13
- 14 New Vietnam - Live 2:28
2 tracks
- 1 Radiant Eye 3:00
- 2 Making Time 2:31
12 tracks
- 1 Radiant Eye 3:00
- 2 Another Day 1:25
- 3 As Seen On TV 4:17
- 4 Just a Fix 2:21
- 5 Tell The Papers 3:25
- 6 Sunday Best 3:46
- 7 Shake Like Death 3:39
- 8 Back to You 2:44
- 9 Hollywood Nights in Hamburg 2:45
- 10 Velvet Casino 2:16
- 11 Clone 2:39
- 12 Come to Know 4:54
1 track
- 1 Tell The Papers 3:25
2 tracks
- 1 Born In The Heat 2:55
- 2 End of The Line 2:58
1 track
- 1 End of The Line 2:58
11 tracks
- 1 Dawn 0:34
- 2 End of The Line 2:58
- 3 Taken By Force 2:45
- 4 Fly Song 2:12
- 5 Trick of The Light 5:13
- 6 Born In The Heat 2:55
- 7 Neighbourhood Sadist 2:25
- 8 Time Girl 2:35
- 9 Wars or Hands of Time 2:44
- 10 Blood Rushes 3:33
- 11 Dusk 3:45
1 track
- 1 Hourglass 4:02
1 track
- 1 Chase The Dragon 3:42
3 tracks
- 1 Blood Rushes 3:33
- 2 Born In The Heat 2:55
- 3 End of The Line 2:58
11 tracks
- 1 The Fool 2:49
- 2 Chrome Dipped 3:22
- 3 Gulls Way 4:49
- 4 The Hogg 3:20
- 5 Starting All The Dogs Off 4:35
- 6 Trick Pony 4:35
- 7 Amissus 2:55
- 8 Poison 3:27
- 9 Fragrant Rice 2:25
- 10 Kingdom Come 2:45
- 11 Swing Of The Noose 2:16
3 tracks
- 1 The Fool 2:49
- 2 The Hogg 3:20
- 3 Chrome Dipped 3:22
2 tracks
- 1 The Hogg 3:20
- 2 Chrome Dipped 3:22
1 track
- 1 Chrome Dipped 3:22
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