Choose Your Weapon

Dense in a way that rewards full album listening over track-skipping — Nai Palm's guitar work and vocal phrasing sit in this place between neo-soul, jazz harmony, and something almost prog in its structural ambition, and the band locks into pockets that most groups would need a year to find. 'Breathing Underwater' and 'Molasses' both operate at a level of musical sophistication that doesn't feel clinical because the emotional core is so clearly present. Melbourne producing this kind of music felt genuinely surprising in context.

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