''Non-Comprehendus'' is the debut album from the
South Australian rock band
Testeagles
Testeagles, sometimes referred to as "TEs", were a three-piece rock band which formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1994. The group is made up of brothers Matthew "Matty" Matt (lead guitar and lead vocals) and Adrian "Ady" Matt (drums), alongs ...
, which was released on 27 February 2000.
[ Note: on-line version has been updated from print edition.] It reached No. 8 on the
ARIA Albums Chart.
It provided two singles, "Turn that Shit Up" (July 1999), which reached No. 54 on the ARIA Singles Chart,
and "Underdog" (October).
The album was produced by
Paul McKercher (You Am I, Spiderbait) with mixing by American producer-engineer,
Ulrich Wild (Prong, Pantera, White Zombie, Grinspoon).
Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described the album as, "a heavy-duty mix of alterna-metal riff-rock, squalling sound effects, experimental electronic beats and samples,
he albumwas certainly the most visceral album to chart in the Australian Top 10 since the likes of Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson."
The tracks received attention on national youth radio,
Triple J, with "Turn that Shit Up" listed on
Triple J Hottest 100, 1999
The 1999 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2000, was the seventh such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 36 (not necessa ...
at No. 66.
The band were dropped by their label, Sony, soon after the album was released.
Track listing
Charts
References
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2000 debut albums
Testeagles albums