Naarm-based alt-rock band sleepazoid have that scrappy, sweat-soaked guitar edge, with shoegaze shimmer bleeding through the cracks.
The post-punk drive evokes Amyl And The Sniffers, but the occasional softer breaks and melodic hooks explain why they made for a perfect support on Faye Websterās tour.
New single āNEW AGEā rides an unrelenting thrum - drums and guitar hooks kicking up dust while Nette France keeps her vocals taut, shoulders squared. A brief bridge nods to 2000s alt-rock bedroom bangers, airy and sublime, before the pace drags you back under.
The track captures that feeling of everything racing around you while you try to stay upright, mirrored in Nikola Jokanovicās video: city neon, flickers of motion, moments that look steady but never hold.
Post-punk, shoegaze, alt-rockā¦ call it what you want, but itās the sound of a band in full stride.
š§ Watch the video for āNEW AGEā below