Album Info Hide Show Artist: Stonefield Album: Bent Released: USA, 2019 Tracklist: A1 Sleep 4:08 A2 Dog Eat Dog 3:06 A3 Dead Alive 3:20 A4 People 3:59 A5 Route 29 2:59 B1 66 3:34 B2 If I Die 3:30 B3 Dignity 1:18 B4 Shutdown 2:53 B5 Woman 4:12 Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. We ship vinyls in thick, rigid carboard mailers with a crushable zone on either side, and for extra safety we bubble wrap the records. 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You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Stonefields Bent lands with the sort of confidence that only comes from years of playing together in the same room, reading each others moves by instinct. The Findlay sisters from rural Victoria have been on a wild ride since taking out triple j Unearthed High back in 2010 and scoring that early Glastonbury slot the following year. By 2019 they were a seasoned live act, and Bent, released on Flightless Records, captures that maturity in a lean, heavy set that favours feel over flash. Its their heaviest full-length, but also one of their most inviting, with riffs that loop and churn until they hit a trance-like state. What hits first is the tone. Guitars rumble with a thick, low-slung fuzz that nods to Sabbath, yet the band keeps the grime aerated with organ lines and synth textures that glow around the edges. Amy Findlays drumming is a force, pushing and pulling the tempo just enough to give the big moments a proper rise, and her vocals cut clear through the mix. She never shouts for the sake of it. Instead she rides the pocket, letting the melodies bloom while Hannahs guitar grinds and spirals. Hollys bass sits fat and forward, often carrying the hook, and Sarah colours the space with keys that feel part cathedral, part garage. The whole thing breathes like a live band, not a grid. Stonefield have always balanced melody with muscle, but Bent leans into repetition in a way that feels hypnotic rather than indulgent. Songs circle a phrase or figure and work it until the overtones start doing their own weird harmonics. Thats where they find tension. The choruses dont arrive like fireworks so much as roll over you in waves, and theres a satisfying patience to the arrangements. A slow-burner will take its time to coil, then the drums kick a notch harder and the guitars tilt from smoke to flame. Its the sort of pacing that rewards a full listen, not just a single here and there. Theres a distinctly Australian heaviness at play, the kind that conjures long drives between country towns and the heat haze on the horizon. Its not desert rock, exactly, but it has that dust-under-the-fingernails feel. You can hear how years on festival stages and warehouse bills have toughened their sound. Theyve shared bills with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and slotted right in at Gizzfest, and you can imagine these songs rattling the scaffold at The Corner or swallowing the room at The Tote. The bands roots in Darraweit Guim are never far away either. That small-town sensibility shows up in how direct the writing is. Even at its trippiest, Bent keeps a human scale. If youre crate-digging, this is a record that begs for the turntable. The low end is warm and round, the cymbals feel alive, and those organ swells fill the room in a way digital rarely nails. Stonefield vinyl has a way of turning a lounge room into a little venue, and Bent is the prime example. Youll find Bent vinyl popping up in plenty of Melbourne record store new release racks, and its an easy recommendation if you like your psych with weight rather than haze. For collectors, Stonefield albums on vinyl slot neatly next to your Flightless and related staples, and its not hard to buy Stonefield records online if youre outside the city. Either way, its a strong pick for anyone browsing vinyl records Australia wide and wanting something that still feels local. What keeps me coming back is how clear the bands voice is. Plenty of groups dabble in doom or psych, but Stonefield make it feel personal. Amy sings with a steadiness that sounds almost conversational, even when the band is thundering. The hooks arent cheap. They sneak up. A guitar line will shadow a vocal melody, then peel away toward some distant star. The rhythm section stays locked but never stiff. You can sense four players who trust each other, happy to sit on a groove until it turns hallucinogenic, then drop the floor out at just the right moment. Bent isnt here to reinvent the wheel. It tightens the lug nuts and sends it downhill. As a front-to-back listen its cohesive, heavy and strangely comforting, the sound of a band who know exactly what they do well. Spin it loud, let the room shake a little, and remember how good it feels when a rock record moves air. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review