AND STARS COLLIDE EP

*** ½

Pinned primarily with a post rock label with soothing textures and colourful instrumentals, this self financed four track EP is the slice of musicianship which the local quartet hope will have audiences salivating for more.

Opener Every Step Takes Me Further From Home (Part II) does just that with majestic tones that are likely to gauge listeners interest from the first chord. With a wide range of influences forming a delicate and sublime sound, most notable through the eerie harmonics of Your Winter And Night Spent In Disguise, which has an unpredictable sound and is beautifully unique.

Despite this, the EP does take a while to really develop and the crescendo that they seem to be building to never really happens. It is a respectable effort, if a little tiresome.

Matthew Smith