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- Record Label: Sony Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Aussie Rock
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Nov 13, 2020While The Makarrata Project is, overall, more of an exercise in maintaining rather than innovating, it is nevertheless a work replete with the customary philosophical and musical intelligence the Oils have displayed throughout their history.
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Classic Rock MagazineNov 18, 2020The music hits hard enough on its own. [Dec 2020, p.82]
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Nov 13, 2020If one criticism of Diesel and Dust was that it was a bunch of white blokes telling Aboriginal people’s stories for them, The Makarrata Project looks to tell these stories with them, giving at least equal time to Indigenous voices, language and music. ... Yes, there are a lot of “other” voices on this Midnight Oil set. It’s sure not 1987. Good.
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Nov 13, 2020While the collaborative nature and scant length of The Makarrata Project might have some fans wishing for more of a straightforward rock album after so many years away, the band nonetheless stay true to their long-held mission with a focused, purposeful, and culturally relevant return to form.
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UncutNov 13, 2020The likes of "Gadigal Land" and "First Nation" evoke an earlier Oils, circa the seething post-punk of "Head Injuries" - though the show is stolen by Alice Skye, who takes lead on the poised protest ballad "Terror Australia." [Jan 2021, p.28]
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