Album Review: Josef Salvat - Night Swim

Hailed as the male Lana Del Rey off the back of a debut EP and an epic cover of Rihanna's Diamonds, Australian Josef Salvat drops a sensual late night debut LP of electro soul pop — and it's very, very good.

He's a masterful craftsman of the understated build, which makes the drama of his choruses all the more satisfying, and with melodic precision he somehow makes the combination of balladry and bangers work. There's no filler here, just front-to-back complicated love, perfectly presented, and with the right amount of restraint as to elicit a certain kind of yearning.