With an impressive number of stunning reviews for their second studio album ‘Sundancer’ under their belt, and a slew of impressed folk in the wake from the first of the Australian tour shows to support the release. The Fumes announce round two. Taking in cities and towns they missed on the first jaunt, The Fumes express will be on the road again in August and September. Read the band’s press and you may wonder how a mere two-piece can garner so much hype and histrionics. But in the case of geetar-slinger and mighty-bearded vocalist Steve Merry and drumming prodigy Joel Battersby, the gushing is with good reason. ‘The Fumes play sweaty, dirty man blues amid jolts of rock that lurch and veer between metal and, say, the Kings Of Leon. How can just two men make such a racket and sound at once so fat and tight? Best ask heavily beared vocalist Steve Merry. He’ll say he and drummer Joel Battersby have it goin’ on, and that they’ve never considered a bass player. Trust me, the Fumes are smokin’. THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN

‘This is a fine working class rock, blue collar guitar and drums that is as honest has a five year old child. High city lights Is a song of another time, an era when Australian bands- both indie and commercial – were revered for their Lack of presentation, while Never Gonna Get Back Home is a beer and piano soaked ballad…its finest moments reveal The Fumes as a band capable of a great next record. ‘ MUSIC AUSTRALIA GUIDE

‘This Sydney duo can kick more arse. At times it’s like they’ve taken on bovver duties for all parts of your body and maybe a wall or two. Herd-fisted blues rock is the go in scorchers like Slay The Liar but that’s not the only ingredient with a touch of the garage and the delta, some swaggering Beats Of Bourbon style. And they can play nice so that even if you recognise a touch of “here’s the quiet one for the ladeez” in the title track, it has a genuine warmth and reminds me of the tough gentleness of the sadly lost Jesse Younan.’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD