Crack

15/20

Aaron Cupples and Ben Green are two Australians that make music in their respective London and Barcelona bedrooms and send each other the MP3 results to build tracks. Is this how music is made these days? It should be if the results are as good as this.

The formula is brilliant. In most of the 10 tracks on debut album Rules, fast-paced guitars smash out carefree rhythms while an addictive bass-hook and wild synth pattern flop around over the top. Give it a minute and there might be a dramatic guitar riff. A minute later there’s some shoegaze-esque synths, oh, and then the big rhythm guitars are back. It’s a wild ride into how to vary your sound in a short space of time, and credit to the duo’s ability to arrange their tracks that it doesn’t come off like a cluttered attempt at coherent complexity. Can’t wait for the live show.

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Words: Hulio Bourgeois