As the book The 100 Best Australian Albums highlighted, “The Angels can lay claim to being Australia’s longest-lasting band.” And when you’ve been around since 1974 and had 13 classic albums, the hardest part of any gig is compiling a setlist. It’s a problem that’s now been solved. Welcome to … Brewster Brothers Electric – Playing The Angels rarities.
“We’re not badging these shows as ‘The Angels’,” John Brewster explains. “But we are doing Angels songs … the ones that we don’t normally play.”
So, what’s the story?
Well, the Brewster Brothers just love to play – it’s what they’ve been doing for the past five decades. So, while Dave Gleeson is off touring with the Jets, John and Rick have decided to take the opportunity to perform some of the songs they’ve been itching to play.
It’s a gift for Angels fans – songs they’ve been hoping to see live for years.
Now, we might be calling them “rarities”, but these are songs that other bands would base their entire set around. We’re talking tracks such as Save Me, Invisible Man, When The Time Comes, Talk The Talk, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Small Price To Pay, Don’t Waste My Time, Moving On, Night Attack, Nations Are Falling, City Out Of Control, Broken Windows …
