Album Review: Tiny Little Houses - Idiot Proverbs

Stemming from the success of previous EPs You Tore Out My Heart and Snow Globe, Melbourne's Tiny Little Houses truly find their feet within Idiot Proverbs.

Encased within a punchier, rough and raw sound, the album maintains the cynical and exhausted expressions that make Tiny Little Houses so relatable. Singer Caleb Karvountzis's iconically dreary harmonised vocals would normally seem boring or lazy, yet - combined with the fast-paced, upbeat melodies and depressing lyrical content ("Everyone is just way too good for me") - these illustrate the existential crises of modern young adults as they struggle to fit into the world.

From the self-loathing Garbage Bin to the heartbreakingly haunting The Void ("'Cause You don't care/You don't know that I hardly go outside/I hardly ever sleep at night"), Tiny Little Houses' debut album hits right where it hurts, but leaves enough light for the listener to dance around to in spite of it all.