Brendan Telford, Journalist

“We have been a band for such a short time; we all grew up in Queensland so we started playing shows there, then to move it was like starting all over again."

“I live in Estonia at the minute; we played a show here about a year ago and I’ve stayed ever since."

Malabar, whilst more adventurous and confident than Songs, still suffers from not being wholly cohesive as an album.

Crosswords isn’t a puzzle in itself, then, rather than a piece in an ongoing jigsaw, seeing the full, exciting Super Wild Horses picture come into focus.

Thee Oh Sees refuse to either burn out or fade away – long will they roam.

The production is pristine (thanks to veterans Wayne Connolly and Tim Whitten), which allows the band to step out beneath the shoegaze banner they’ve proudly waved in the past and truly embrace every excellently-paced element of the band’s functionality.

Many a track is likely to get the feet tapping, even as you wash your ears out with soap.

The intricacies and warmth that exude from this illustrious pairing continues to exude dividends from repeated listens.

“I can get bored with our songs pretty quickly; I was over the songs on Dreamtime before we’d put it out.”