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Self Righteous Brothers is the mainly acoustic, alternative rock music, side-project of Australian punk rockers,
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's lead singer
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and guitarist, Lindsay McDougall which formed in 2004. Inspired by American band,
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, their music is humorous and often explicit. They released an album, ''Love Songs for the Wrong at Heart'', in 2004 and was re-released in March 2005 via
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. The group's members were called "insensitive" by the
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for the album track, "There's no Town Like Snowtown", which refers to the infamous bodies-in-barrels murders and are associated with the South Australian town of that name. Blair Boyer of ''Punk Globe Magazine'' described how, "This song and other irreverent offerings", appear on that album. ''dBMagazine'' s Simon Foster opined, "they've managed to round up a swag of witty/offensive (take your pick) tunes with some great names and lyrics, a bunch of obscure instruments (Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer anyone?), and chucked them all on the one album ..Although having a bit of fun, the lads display a surprisingly high amount of musical ability and 'Love Songs...' is great for a laugh... just don't set your expectations too high."


Discography

* ''Love Songs for the Wrong at Heart'' (March 2005) # "Now You're Gone" # "Snowtown (There's no Town Like Snowtown)" # "The Only Gay Soldier" # "Daddy Drinks" # "Ruggedly Beautiful" # "Golden Wedding Anniversary" # "Self-Righteous" # "Sperm in Your Eyes" # "Who Will Buy" # "Brothers in Arms" # "Emosexual" # "Love on the Inside" # "My Love Barks" # "Dead Horse"


Members

* Lindsay McDougall: – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, piano, violin, viola, cello, pan flute, glockenspiel, zither, timbales, cymbals *
Jason Whalley Jay and the Doctor are the on-air names of Australian radio duo Jason Whalley and Lindsay McDougall, on radio station Triple J. Best known as members of punk band Frenzal Rhomb, they performed occasional late-night shifts on Triple J until 20 ...
: – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vibraphone, piano, cello, drums, cabasa, vibraslap, Appalachian dulcimer Credits:{{cite AV media notes , title = Love Songs for the Wrong at Heart , others = Self Righteous Brothers , year = 2004 , page = booklet , type = CD , publisher =
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References

Australian folk music groups