“Glorious anglophile jangly indie-pop from the fertile indie-pop heartland of Indonesia”
Jangle pop's finest hours, freshly pressed: Few Border blends subtle gaze inflections with beautifully lucid jangled riffs found with consummate ease, while Liberty Belle delivers the most beautifully fragile indie-pop — essential listening for fans of the McLennan end of The Go-Betweens. The Kind Hills craft unhurried 'odes to simplicity' conveying the dull ache of lost love through jangly indie-pop that never strays into the fluffier realms of contrition, and Trademark Issues maintain their defiant indie-pop 'difference' with the irreverence that sums up the true Bandcamp Spirit. Sorry Monks evoke the golden age of guitar-pop without veering into pastiche.
“Too lo-fi and steeped in emotional immediacy to be sophisti-pop and yet too 'considered' to disregard such inferences, Armstrong's song writing and ability to resonate each note means this Handicra...”