Dark Green (Fish Dirt/MGM). Review / Murray Bramwell.

LED by singer Nicole Brophy and violinist Jodi Moore, Sydney outfit Dirty Lucy are every inch a contemporary girl band. That means that the raspy vibrato, the strummy guitar and the bittersweet lyrics are a little bit Ani diFranco, a dash of Kasey Chambers, a hint of Jewel and an echo of Leonardo’s Bride. They are also augmented by some accomplished instrumentation – Jodi Moore’s trickling mandolin on Ride, her soaring, echo-fed dervish violin on Rescue and the hoe-down pace of Can’t Let Go. Dark Green is an impressive debut and by all accounts the band has gained a keen following on tour in the US and Britain. They are likely to add Adelaide to their list of admirers – especially when Jodi Moore hits that effects pedal on her six-string violin.