Cue the slack comparisons with Helium, Sleater-Kinney and the like of course, although there’s plenty more to Kiwi quintet Tidal Rave than first meets the ear, their eponymous latest extended-play spewing reminders of fellow Antipodeans Howling Bells, Be Your Own Pet, PJ Harvey, et cetera. Riding highest on this wave of invigoration, though, is rollicking lo-fi opener If That’s All, their invitations to “join the dark side” totally irresistible based on this jangling, ramshackle garage-rock grind that’s been rumbling away Down Under…
First Transmission: Tidal Rave, If That’s All.
