Sweetly alienated knockouts like “Ice Cream (On My Own)” and “Sometimes Accidentally” lend a gravitas to twee as shruggily out of place in 2016 as Tallulah was in 1987 — and every bit as necessary.
The Brisbane teenagers’ debut album ‘Up To Anything’ – an endearingly simple and quietly profound telling of a suburban adolescence – is near-flawless guitar pop.
Each song is well-structured and wise beyond its years while the messages are confused, delicate and very, very teenage. This is the sound of growing up smart.
The trio of Brisbane teenagers all share songwriting duties on their debut album, Up to Anything, and a millennial apathy prevails as the jangle pop three-piece churn out their terse hook-laden compositions.
Up to anything is simply pop perfection. Weird, quirky and annoyingly catchy. The same formula seems to be repeated throughout the album but never fails to make you groove.
1 | Up To Anything 3:42 | |
2 | Sometimes Accidentally 3:26 | |
3 | Target 2:51 | |
4 | Telephone 4:49 | |
5 | Home Haircuts 3:42 | |
6 | Boyfriend 2:59 | |
7 | Sweaty Hands 4:25 | |
8 | Susan 2:54 | |
9 | Making The Worst 2:55 | |
10 | Anyone Else 3:05 | |
11 | Maggie 2:03 | |
12 | Ice Cream (On My Own) 3:36 |
#49 | / | Billboard |
#78 | / | Piccadilly Records |
#81 | / | Rough Trade |