Blue Cave by Hoodoo Gurus

Blue Cave, the Hoodoo Gurus' seventh studio album, came out on Festival in May 1996, and its name has a story no press kit would dare invent: while touring in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the band paid a visit to a brothel called Gruta Azul, and the album took its title from it. Dave Faulkner, who founded the Sydney band in 1981, is still the songwriter and singer at the center, and the Gurus still mix their 1960s power-pop and garage-punk roots with hard-rock muscle and a streak of funky, psychedelic kitsch.

"Waking Up Tired" is a jangly, rueful rocker that sounds just like its title. The album reached 18 on the ARIA chart and was nominated for Best Pop Release at that year's ARIA Awards; EMI reissued it in 2005 with six extra tracks, a fold-out poster and new liner notes.

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