"Apartment" is the first single from ''

Wisenheimer ''Wisenheimer'' is the third studio album by the Australian band Custard. It was released November 6th 1995 and peaked at number 55 in September 1996. The album contains the song "Apartment" which reached #7 in the third Hottest 100. Recording ...

'', the third album by Australian band Custard. It reached #7 in the 1995 Hottest 100.

Lyrics

McCormack said the song was about, "hearing loss. You know when you hear too much loud music you get that ringing in your ears. I just thought it was the most obvious song I'd ever written. And the interior's red because, I imagine your head is red on the inside, and the 'Ears! Sing to me' bit is like because your ears are just going 'EEEEEEEEEEEEE'. And I don’t think that's a very happy song."

Reception

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'' described it as, "One-hundred and fifty seconds of smashing guitar momentum and offbeat lyrics that would probably now be loved by The Block's music supervisor." ''

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'' said the song had, "been fashioned with melody, imagination and undeniable craft and

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's production comes close to capturing the skill and energy of Custard live." Double J named it in the top ten Australian songs of the 1990s, saying, "The furious pace at which this song hurtles is exhausting, its cavalcade of motifs completely overwhelming. How they managed to bring it all together into something so perfectly succinct truly beggars belief."

Track listing

References

{{Custard 1995 singles 1995 songs Custard (band) songs