“Nanganator” by Drunk Mums
“Nanganator” is a highlight on Gone Troppo, the new album out from Melbourne band Drunk Mums. It reminds me a little of this time my friend drove a bunch of us down south in his shitty car and turned into a roundabout in the wrong direction. For a brief moment we were all yelling at him wildly as a huge truck headed right towards us. By this, I mean to say that “Nanganator” has that reckless driving pace and the roundabout repetition. We got out alive, with a wild story to tell.
The first time I heard Drunk Mums they were playing at Mojo’s, my favourite bar in Perth. While most of their other songs are a bit too sluggish for my liking, “Nanganator” was the song that had us all on the floor. The chorus is easy to pick up, and I recall yelling it at the band while bouncing off my friends’ shoulders with hair and sweat whipping my face. And if that’s not what you want in a song, well, I don’t know if I can help you.
- Jess