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The partnership of Go-Betweens Robert Forster and Grant McLennan seems to work best when they’re working and living in close proximity. So it was a promising sign when Forster relocated to McLennan’s Brisbane home base in 2003, after the Australian Performing Rights Association recognized Cattle And Cane as one of the 10 best Australian songs of all time. Running into 16 Lovers Lane producer Mark Wallis in London also proved fortuitous, since his understanding of the writers’ complex chemistry helped transform what could’ve been simply a collection of well-crafted adult pop into a career-best album. While 2003’s Bright Yellow Bright Orange recalled their early successes, Oceans Apart builds on them, tempering poignant tales of romantic folly with offbeat wit that’s uniquely Australian and quintessentially Go-Betweens.
