The Go-Betweens

With songs that existed in an ongoing struggle between inspired melodic sensibilities and crushing melancholy, the Go-Betweens played a huge role in designing the template for all indie rock that followed. The band grew from their roots in Brisbane, Australia's late ‘70s punk scene, evolving from their early singles--- scrappy but tuneful odes to youthful desperation and fascinations --- into the far more ornate arrangements and emotionally complex style of their ‘80s albums. Co-founders Robert Forster and Grant McLennan led the Go-Betweens on a tear through the ‘80s, releasin...