A vibrant power pop track released as a single by Sydney based Insufferable Paul Scott. Driven by hook laden melodies and layered instrumentation, notably guitars by Gregg Leonard, and Paul Mason, drums and percussion handled by Tim Denny. The song has received an energetic electronic remix titled the Home Before Breakfast Mix, created in collaboration with electronica artist Meddling Kid (Steve Melville) transforming the original into a dancefloor-ready banger. Overall, Superstar Housewife offers an engaging mix of indie pop sensibilities and melodic hooks with lyrics that present a witty riposte to the Stones track ‘Mothers Little Helper.’
Paul Scott began his career in music, writing and playing bass in angular NZ group Pop Mechanix. Despite court cases, a revolving cast of singers and multiple record labels, their single ‘Jumping Out A Window’ became a staple of New Zealand pop culture.
Relocating to Australia, Paul formed Montana with Ken Stewart (Mr Blonde), Michelle Margherita and Steve Melville. Their first release featured ‘Koolest Band’ which received national airplay and high rotation on JJJ. A brief tour of the USA and a performance at SXSW, led to ‘Koolest Band’ being included in the Hollywood movie ‘You Drive Me Crazy’. The subsequent album ‘Bubblegum Love’ was released in Australia, Spain, France and the USA.
Scott has since plied bass for various Australian acts, playing everywhere from community halls and malls in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to the Sydney Opera House. Teaming up with Steve Melville (ex Mr Blonde and Montana) Paul and Steve have established a studio production relationship, playing on each other’s tracks (Stewart and Melville, The Likes of You) and coproducing The Insufferable Paul Scott’s well received 2021 album ‘Tea and Medals’ (which Melville also mixed).
Their most recent project is a closer collaboration with Melville adding drums, percussion and keyboards to Scott’s voice, guitar and bass, a line up very close in sound and feel to their youthful unit ‘Montana’. “I was looking for the kind of pop thrill I used to get from great Aussie indie bands such as The Falling Joys, Smudge, The Hummingbirds, pop thrills… you know?” says Scott.
Recently some of Paul’s releases from the early part of his recoding career came back to him. This presented a great opportunity to reissue them in the modern music formats. Originally released in 2017 on legendary Half-a-Cow label by his band ‘The Likes Of You’, the album has been remixed and remastered for reissue in 2025.
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