Straight Arrows play a series of bar and warehouse shows to support the release of their new split 7” on French label Resistance A Go-Go. The record teams up The Straight Arrows with brat Parisian garage-punk group The Creteens in a limited 500 release.

Four pals with various musical pasts, from Red Riders to Holy Soul to Kiosk; banding together to create their own youthful DIY mix of fuzz, feedback, mess and spirit.

The Straight Arrows wind up sounding like a puerile Monkees set upon by the Sonics, captured in a glorious thicket of cassette fidelity.

Despite themselves, The Straight Arrows have sold out their debut 7”, recently had a second 7” released on French label Resistance-A-Go-Go, gained international underground press exposure, and achieved one of their founding goals of supporting overseas bands they actually like, such as Jay Reatard, and the Black Lips, not to mention a slew of local support and their own shitty tours to Melbourne and Brisbane, along with somehow getting on the tour for The Black Keys.

Not so bad for a group that still records to four track in their bedrooms, and began life a year ago as a monthly resident at notoriously gay bar, the Newtown Hotel.

Straight Arrows are still misunderstood in their home city, unable to be placed between the fashion and the group grope for success the town offers. See these glorious reviews!

There will be those who embrace them, possibly just because they annoy most everybody else. - Drum Media Nov 07

Straight Arrows play scungy bubblegum garage exclusively, Side-A of their debut 45, "Something Happens" sounds like some psych-garage Nuggets-era combo recorded on four-track in a public toilet. The riff on Side-B belter "Can't Count" stinks of "Satisfaction", set to a stompin' beat with bratty vocal delivery and wild, distorted echo-chamber production. Imagine trying to tune in an old transistor to pick up the Monkees and just hearing the melodies crackling through the interference and you've almost got it. - Unbelievably Bad Vol.7