Rave - 5th June, 1995 Pollyanna / Snout / Webster / Pollen, The Roxy - May, 1995   [...] Snout were next to perform, and while I'm not one for the practice of band spotting, milling around the bar were most members of Custard. Perhaps this quietly spoken Melbourne three-piece was the reason Dave and the Custard entourage were gathered in numbers. Custard shared a bill with them and Pollyanna at the Corner Hotel in Richmond only a couple of months ago so maybe the Snout sound is still tickling their music receptors. And reason enough too, Snout have this ability to transport you to another time and place through moody guitar phases and at times hauntingly melodic vocals. Ross McLennan, brother of Link Meanie, plays a crazy looking bass and leads the vocals in a mesmoronic state for most of the set. To say the lad was energetic on stage would be a gross understatement. Having listened to their recorded stuff before coming to the gig I was expecting an overly clean sound but I was glad to see the boys rough things up for their live set. Tracks like 'Beat Goes On' and 'What's That Sound?' were superb and their last single 'Night and Day' was something all together else. They finished the set with the new single, 'Cromagnonman', and considering they didn't touch any of the other four tracks from their new EP of the same name, Snout walked off stage exhausted but with music in reserve.  [...] <back>