Album Review: Lurch & Chief - Breathe EP

The effervescent sounds of Lurch & Chief swiftly generated a buzz when the young guns burst onto the scene a couple years back, and this five-track gem will no doubt fuel the fire already blazing.

Breathe is riddled with more of that jamming, crashing, psychedelic goodness but here Lillibeth Hall’s forceful vocal takes centre stage for more of the action (Echo, Fading Out), there’s less instantly appealing motifs that still crawl under the skin (Breathe), and a darker, confident attitude resounds (Reasonable Man), where co-vocalist Hayden Somerville lets rip with those etching, twangy pipes of his.