"So long, it's been good to know you."

So uttered former army captain Lesmurdie Brampton sometime in the 1840s before wandering into the Simpson Desert wearing only a dressing gown and monocle. There were rumours he was searching for an inland sea or legendary gold reef but neither were ever revealed and the remainder of the expedition were glad to be rid of the self proclaimed camp leader. They painted the words "So Long!" on his travel trunk before returning it to the coast and to the captain's few surviving heirs. Many years later some would suggest that City Views founder and Jangle Band bassman Dave Wallace took inspiration from the ex-captain's story after finding a faded pamphlet on the subject wedged inside a Johnny Young lp found in a hill's op shop. True or not, "So Long" does finally mark Dave's first Jangle Band single A-side. Those sober enough to remember may recall various JB members stumbling on stage to perform this number live as the finale to The City Views performance at the very last Jangle Band single launch. In the nearly two years since then the Jangle's very own mad professor, Joe Algeri, has scraped the barrel and pieced together a scattering of fragments and good intentions recorded intermittently by the various members and lovingly crafted this 5-track ep designed to delight and equally confuse listeners.

Dave's "So Long" kicks off proceedings - a riotous Big Star-esque top end tangle and multi harmony mini epic that takes no prisoners (before returning to the battle ground to ask any survivors to join them inside for a beer).

"Metro Hotel" is the official b-side quickly composed the day after that last single launch by a hungover Joe, Jeff and Ian as a Hollies styled paean to that Canning Highway institute and its many mysteries. The remainder of the ep has been filled out with potential album number 2 contenders as a small reward for any fan's patience.

Dave's "Dusk Til Dawn" demo has been nicely enhanced with some fine harmony work.

"The Duke Of Dog Swamp" (written nearly 10 years ago) in fact predates, predicts and simultaneously challenges the short legacy of this band. Honestly, I was startled and disturbed but you be the judge if you're game enough. Proceedings are wound up with Joe's after dinner special - a stax-o-trax styled vocal mix of "So Long" that is perhaps vindication of the multiple vocal takes.

And there you have it. 5 tracks. Hardly album number 2 but maybe that's to be expected from a band still spread across a locked down continent. Enjoy what you can while you still can.