Tymepiece evolved out of the '60s Australian band the Blue Diamonds, who did one of the great-'60s punk singles from Australia (or indeed any country), "I Want, Need, Love You." By the late 1960s, Tymepiece had developed a more mature but duller sound, influenced by the psychedelic and progressive trends of the day. Their sole album, 1971's Sweet Release, is a wide-ranging but unexceptional record of typical, early-'70s not-mainstream-but-not-way-underground rock. When it was reissued on CD by the Australian Vicious Sloth Collectables label, five bonus cuts were added from non-LP singles recorded between 1968 and 1971.
