Here they Come Again is The Jam meets The Saints: a pop song driven by an infectious chorus of na na nas, drowning out the disorienting aphasia of shock jock discourse. A chorus that insists that sometimes silliness is survival.

Once again, Heir To The Squandered Millions meet their adversaries on a street corner and break dance them into submission. KaPow!

Heir To The Squandered Millions is the current project of Ross McLennan, formerly of ’90s Australian power-pop outfit and Triple J faves Snout.

After leading Snout from 1991 to 2002, Ross undertook a side project, Meuscram, with his younger brother, Lindsay (a.k.a. Link Meanie of the Meanies), delivering a lo-fi self-titled album in 1995.

Subsequent to that, McLennan has issued four solo albums, Hits from the Brittle Building (February 2004), Sympathy for the New World (February 2008), The Night’s Deeds Are Vapour (2013) and All the Colours Print Can Manage (October 2017). Sympathy for the New World was short-listed for the Australian Music Prize for 2008.

Sez Ross of the new band:
“The live band is myself, Ewan McCartney (Snout, Ripe, Ten Gallon Head, Dan Brodie), Jane McCracken (The Foots, Cheeses, Trevor Ludlowe and the Hell Raisers), and Ben Mason (The Smallgoods).

“It’s been a while since I’ve made compact, tight power pop. While I was doing my other solo stuff I felt like I had this kind of guitar pop skill set that was going to waste… For better or worse, I feel like this stuff is my pure true self. Or at least a big part of me. I was raised by television (and funny parents).

“I found my previous solo outings kind of taxing to make. So I just wanted to have fun for a time. This record is a bit like the Monkees in my mind. A concept of a band rather than an actual band. Then there is the live band who are like the Wrecking Crew: lot’s of chin scratching “how do we make this work?”, and loads of fun. I love the people in the band.

Heir To The Squandered Millions sees McLennan return to the liberating limits of guitar pop. It’s great fun.