On their second album, 2021’s Fantasy Country, Australia’s Flyying Colours made a great case for being one of the 21st century’s best shoegaze acts, having some real wired energy and a strong sense of dynamic arrangements at work to go along with easy blended harmonies and guitar overload. The thrilling “Big Mess” is a fantastic anthem in its own right, with cuts like “Its Real” and “This One” not being far behind, while the happily straightforward Neu!-into-Stereolab high speed motorik tribute “White Knuckles” lives up to its name in full.

– Ned Raggett