To the best of my knowledge, there's only one Disaster Plan album missing from my collection (Evacuation Centre) and let me tell you, I'm pretty dirty about that. I want to be the complete Disaster Plan fan. That's because - in the moments when I like to chill and ease back - this band provides the complete fix, with a rural rambling style fused with urban intellect. Here's a fresh slab of tunes - Reality Correctors One Through Twelve - and more alt-country bliss awaits the listener. Triple J finally added Disaster Plan to their playlists in 2002 after being wooed by the infectious Wronger (from Self Help Guide) but the duo of Moffat and Ruff still represents the most obvious hidden gem of the Melbourne scene. As they crawl out of the shadows to be exposed to the glaring light of media attention, the band are discovering the mod cons, namely real studio environments, adding a little more care to the production. It's immediately evident on the opener, Turning Left At The Red Sea, which provides a perfect example of Moffat's lyrical delivery, which successfully gives the impression that he's talking to himself, oblivious to the presence of an audience. I don't think I've heard the band perform a cover, so when I recognised New order's Age Of Consent, I was surprised. The rewarding thing about the appearance of such a classic is that the song sits well among the originals, not really standing out. I guess that says something about the quality of Disaster Plan's songwriting. Tragic Boating Accident lashes out, using the trademark DP cello sound to full dynamic intent while my favourite, Distraction-a-holic, shows the way the veterans allow songs to organically grow with a variety of cohesive changes, the song becoming 'greater than the some its parts'. Disaster Plan may have given up the idea of recording in one room with one microphone, but the extra studio time does nothing to polish the raw edges that are essential to the act's style. Reality Correctors still sounds like a bunch of talented mates sitting around, telling music stories and let's hope - regardless of future success - that the band always retain that edge.

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Tracklisting
1 Turn left at the red Sea
2 Age of consent
3 Tragic boating accident
4 Distraction-o-holic
5 Reality Correctors
6 Lane One Form
7 This track will be lined with billboards
8 Northern Aspect
9 Talk-o-phobic
10 This is what passes for Civilisation
11 Comm v comm
12 Trailing off disinterestedly as the lights go down and the credits start to roll.

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