NEWBEATS

When you meet with Hunters & Collectors’ Mark Seymour for lunch there’s a lot of pressing matters to discuss besides whether the fish is fresh. Like: What has the band been doing since their last record came out in 1984? Where have they been? Have they disbanded? And, most importantly, why has no one in America except Aussiophiles ever heard of the group once heralded in England as the leader of post-nuclear pop movement (whatever that might mean)?