Popstrangers

Add Date: February 26

Artist: Popstrangers

Album: Antipodes

Label: Carpark

Genre: Rock, alternative

Comments: From the promoter: "After releasing multiple albums on famed New Zealand label Flying Nun, Auckland trio Popstrangers is making their Carpark debut with Antipodes. Like fellow Carpark peers Cloud Nothings, Popstrangers' world is one of a dual existence of catchy pop songs and fuzzy guitar distortion. The album's opener 'Jane' sets the tone of discontent, a feeling of claustrophobia that is continued with the moody '90s throwback 'What Else Could They Do'. The breaking point comes with 'Heaven' and shows the band's penchant for psych garage pop. Antipodes is full of hazy gloomy tracks, but by the end there is a definite sense of hope and a young band that knows who they are."

I recommend starting with tracks 4, 7 and 8.