Album Review: Greenthief - Voyage

It seems like forever we've been hearing Greenthief's name bandied about on local tour bills and in the odd bit of airplay, without any lengthy releases to sink our teeth into. Finally debut Voyage has landed, and not only lives up to anticipations, it does exactly what its namesake suggests. The journey is one that ricochets from unwitting guitar noodling to ballsy, flamboyant psyche rock throughout (and housed singularly in opener Gypsy). Julian Schweitzer helms the Melbourne trio with a voice harbouring bits of Thom Yorke and a '70s-tinged vibe echoing Mars Volta's progressive lines. It's a safe journey but it's a damn enjoyable one.