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Whether or not Eddy Current Suppression Ring is the best rock band in Australia seems difficult to figure out. Even if they were, the dubious crown doesn’t amount to much. Weren’t the Strokes (and yeah, I pick on ‘em a lot, because it’s easy) the best band in America for a while? Look what happened to them. Either way, ECSR has issued a steady stream of singles and a few albums on a wealth of well respected labels, even becoming affiliated with Goner Records, an American garagey stalwart. The music these dudes make, though, doesn’t sit in exactly the same camp as the label’s better known acts – Jay Reatard, at one time, being just that.