If you were to take The Velvet Underground and put them in moon boots, throw a bucket of synth at them, add a sprinkle of punk, and then blast them into space, you might be close to the sound of Blank Realm’s most recent album. It’s a mix that is, at its worst, eclectic and at its best, dizzying, frenetic, and elated.
Tracks like “Falling Down the Stairs” and “Reach You on the Phone” are poppy and worth shimmying to, and have gloriously, borderline vacuous, pop lyrics and spiralling guitar riffs, all executed with the straight-faced sincerity of a true “indie” jam.
Grassed Inn is a long way from the previous album, which has a far more abrasive, white noise sound, but even if this quartet of Australian siblings stops their stylistic evolution here, they are certainly ones to watch.
