Robert Forster: Inferno review – loads of atmosphere and dry Brisbane wit

Former Go-Between frontman’s seventh solo album might be an acquired taste but nevertheless gets under your skin

Here in Brisbane, the heat has finally broken. For 46 days in a row, the mercury exceeded 30 degrees. The previous record was 27 days, in 2017. While the north has been awash, the wet season here has failed. I’m listening to the title track of the new Robert Forster album. It’s called Inferno (Brisbane in Summer). You might think it looks like paradise, he sings, but everyone here is screaming: “Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me out!”

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