Ninetynine are the true indie stalwarts of the melbourne music scene. Forming in 1996, as a solo project for laura macfarlane (who at the time had just left her position as drummer for sleater kinney). Additional members were quickly added, and the band started a relentless recording and touring schedule that has held them in high critical regard ever since. Recent times have seen the band drop their lo-fi patchwork approach to making albums and concentrate on a more unified studio effort to create a truer recorded example of their hi-energy live shows. This is their 6th album, and will see them embark shortly on their 8th international tour. The title comes from a 1930"s economic term basically inferring first, second and third worlds.