I’ve been in love with Client Liaison, a Melbourne electronic duo/ band for a while now. I first saw them live at the Falls Festival in December last year, and they were absolutely insane. So much fun on stage. I went to their concert on Friday night, which again was so awesome, but I was thinking. What does Client Liaison mean? I’ve heard liaison in conversation a few times before, but didn’t really understand the context in which this band exists with.

Client = a person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company.

Liaison =  communication or cooperation which facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations.

So it pretty much means ‘Links with People’.

I love their music not only because of the incredibly infectious beats and catchy tunes, but because they are so clever and so real. By real I mean a lot of the lyrics relate to Melbourne, as well as the Australian Government/ politics.

Here are some examples of song lyrics:

• “Living in model standards, with cities of soulless grey” – so true.
• “You can’t burst our bubble, we made our own scene, Collins Street’s the jungle, surf the CBD” – Melbourne references.

 

According to a little side note on this page: https://genius.com/Client-liaison-canberra-wont-be-calling-tonight-lyrics:

“Canberra Won’t Be Calling Tonight” perfectly incorporates Client Liaison’s culture of excess into their music. The track incorporates the sounds of kookaburras laughing alongside Parliamentary soundbites, utilising a heated exchange between Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison and Senator Kim Carr as an interlude.

It’s a part of the track’s greater imagery – riffing on the theme of Diplomatic Immunity, Client Liaison evoke images of secretive backroom political deals:

We’re no stranger to what we want

‘Cause we got diplomatic immunity

Ain’t no backbencher going to figure this out

Stolen sources won’t be calling me

Even the track title – “Canberra Won’t Be Calling Tonight” – makes reference to Australia’s capital, which, like Washington D.C., is first and foremost the seat of the federal government.

 

Their outfits on stage while singing ‘Canberra Won’t be Calling Tonight’ feature Australian references such as kookaburras and gumtrees:

This is a pic of my two friends and I and the two front men of Client Liaison, Monte and Harvey 🙂