With the vibrant indie music scene in Australia and New Zealand constantly outshining much of the output from their British and American cousins, Little Indie picks our weekly bunch of some of the best new tracks on offer.
PORT ROYAL - DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME
The Brisbane four-piece follow last year's EP, 'Love Passion Satisfaction', with their twangy, feel-good rock-pop live favourite, along with accompanying video, celebrating the importance of partnership and camaraderie. "The themes and aesthetic of the song were taken to a whole new level in this clip and I think it conveys a beautiful vision of positivity and romance," says lead vocalist Lawson Doyle.
COUSIN TONY'S BRAND NEW FIREBIRD - LOVE IS HEARTBREAK
Sub-five minute bittersweet new single by the Melbourne band led by Lachlan Rose, fusing layers of indie pop electronica, synths, sax, sprightly percussion, and Rose's highly listenable baritone vocal. It's the first cut from their second album 'New Romancer', due later this year, and they'll no doubt be airing it when they hit the UK in May for The Great Escape.
OUNCE - CROCODILE
The Auckland, NZ psych-rock outfit go all out on this mesmerisingly fierce cut from their debut album 'OZ', released on March 1 via 1:12 Records. Wild, fuzzy guitars ricochet off organ and double drum thrust.
EGOISM - ENEMIES
Sydney jangly dreampop-rock duo Scout Eastment and Olive Rush, combine pop-centric, reverbed melodies with a foot-tapping chorus and shimmery, demure vocal. "'Enemies' is really just about mental health and how it can affect the people you love," says Rush.
MANSIONAIR - WE COULD LEAVE
"I'm only flickering/ it's just a phase I'm in / not the shape I fit", opens the sleek Sydney alt-electro-pop trio's Jack Froggatt on this chilled and hypnotic new single - which comes in advance of their debut album 'Shadowboxer', out on March 1 - helmed by Froggatt's understated, sensual delivery.
DEATH BY DENIM - CIGARETTES & HONEY
Singer Nik Iliadis' voice has been compared to the Arctics' Alex Turner, and here he pulls out the pursuasive grittiness on a breezy return for the Perth rockers, who we last heard from in December with 'What I Got From You'.
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