Album Review: Split Seconds - You’ll Turn Into Me

It's about bloody time. Split Seconds have been constantly working away for the past 18 months, they've toured with Owl Eyes, Jebediah and played loads of major festivals, and racked up a pretty darn healthy five WAMi Awards in the process. Throughout that time, the vast majority of Perth been calling out “Where's the album?” Well kids, here it is, and it's just as great as everyone's expecting.

First, the warning: don't expect anything left-of-field on You'll Turn Into Me. The album is filled with the brooding, punchy country/indie rock the five-piece have polished to a clear sheen over the years. Opener, Security Light, belts things out in fitting fashion as it swings between staccato drumbeats and flowery vibraphone and keys. Big, big single, All You Gotta Do, follows, with its catchy-as-shit guitar hook and singalong chorus. The interplay between subdued guitar work and flowing piano makes the track, with the melodics carrying over to the rest of the album. Maiden Name is a quaint, lovely folk track, taking a bit from Paul Kelly and The Triffids, which are obviously big influences on Sean Pollard and co., as a homey country twang frames the narrative. Second single, Top Floor, shows a bit of space while still feeling like a powerful example of the blokey, commanding aesthetic Split Seconds seem to pour into their music. The gradual, soft and heartfelt Amanda and the bookending title track (which instantly folds distortion into this reviewer's favourite riff on the album) are also clear highlights.

A fitting culmination of form from one of this city's best bands of the moment.