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The more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s refreshing that there’s still those holdouts who wanna get together in a room and bang out some noise, press record on a tape machine and put out a record. Keyring Jeans are one of those groups; they wanna make flyers, do gigs and have fun in the process. It’s part of the culture they come from and while we keep hearing that the Sydney live scene is dead, these guys play every other week with a host of likeminded souls. The music scene’s only as dead as you want it to be and Keyring Jeans are happily blowing on the sparks to create a bigger flame every time they play. Their first release was ambitious; with strident, angular rhythms and jarring post-rock guitar chords and now they’ve stepped even further out there with a new EP getting ready to go. It’s sonically and musically a step forward for this gifted trio. “Start Stutter” jumps out of the blocks with a riff that wouldn’t be out of place on X-Aspirations before the