BRAVE FACE (VINYL)

With its jogging synth-laced paisley guitar-pop Melbourne's Brave Face stay true to their DIY aesthetic and deliver a debut album with as much playful joy as it does devastation, Like radiant lightning, the songs on this album provides a sense of illumination and starkness, such as the furious percussion and splintered-sounding guitars on "You Me & The Grateful Dead" in contrast to transcendental beauty of the first single "Any Other Love", Their brand of breezy narcotic pop tunes, organic guitars and driving yet dreamy percussion - sure to leave an audience hearts fluttering.