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When a press release concludes with the words "make no mistake, this is an important Australian Record" it's tempting to write it off as hyperbole... By whose standard is it important? Are we really breaking new ground?

Well, yes, in this case we really are breaking new ground.

The Last Kinection's album 'Next Of Kin' is stunning in its musicality and fiece in its intentions. 'Next Of Kin' fizzes with the unique world view of a politically savvy generation of proud indigenous artists. The album features party bangers (check out the totally rad 'Happy People' featuring Lotek) and stunning political R&B. Lead single 'Are We There Yet' should be adopted as the anthem for the Close The Gap Campaign. It's a song that also captures the zeitgeist of the #Occupy movement beautifully... The Last Kinection really do represent the exploited 99%.

Next Of Kin was created in the aftermath of a horrific car accident in 2008 - where MC Nay (Naomi) was pronounced dead at the scene until her brother Weno (Joel Wennitong) noticed that the blanket covering her was moving. From staring down the barrel of never walking or talking again to leading her fellow band members to win 5 Deadly Awards and release  a truly stunning album, the story of The Last Kinection's is already one of triumph over adversity. A beautiful (and yes, important) album full of amazing songs, one after the other...