Arbes are producing subtlety here, like a jam or a warm-up before things skyrocket and ‘One Metaphor’ sure does have that capacity in its locker as things go properly psychedelic and manic before the first minute is out. This could be several songs in fact, a sampler culled from Arbes forthcoming debut LP ‘Counterways’ so for a single sitting we’re privy to ideas aplenty. The best thing of course is that on balance most of them are wondrous, ear unclogging stuff and with that indie pop vocal thrown in for good measure I felt completely at home amid all the shapeshifting. Melbourne’s Arbes are quite something. KH
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