Tussle, as a debut album, is an impressive statement indeed. This is a slice of dreamy, fuzzy, Galaxie 500-cum-Drop Nineteens shoegazing pop from a group who know exactly what they're doing. Obvious and boppy lead single Double Act and Pinky give a one-two punch that shows the band are as comfortable with pop melodies as they are with harder edged fuzzy droning. Tussle is leaps ahead of the group's confident self-titled EP from last year and never feels derivative, despite how passionately the group wear their influential touchstones. This is modern music, just with an eye to 1991.
