Album Review: The Icypoles - My World Was Made For You

Melbourne four-piece The Icypoles are a hard one to pin down. On the one hand, they're the epitome of twee pap – the merry-go-round nursery rhythms of Round & Round or Happy Birthday are slight to the point of being inconsequential. But there's a sinuous, atmospheric longing that elevates some of the other tracks on the album. The plaintive lyrics of Babies could have soured into saccharine treacle but instead becomes a stirring ode to life, while Just You is a sparse, dewy-eyed doo-wop whisper that would easily fit into Twin Peaks.