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Troye Sivan, Friday*, Jess Ribeiro and Jamie Marina Lau all have songs among Australia’s best singles this month. Composite: Getty Images for Miu Miu/Jesse Campos/Nick Mckk/Leah Jing McIntosh Metric, Beirut, Tennis, Real Estate, Girls – FRIDAY*, with his debut EP Darling, joins the long lineage of musicians with horrible SEO ranks.
Second Sight feels both nostalgic and irrepressibly “now”, encompassing a haze of references from noughties indie back to Mazzy Star, the Jesus and Mary Chain and 60s sunshine pop. With just one EP and a handful of singles to date, Second Sight makes me wonder how far these two could go – an album is eagerly anticipated, but for now we’ll have to wait for another EP in the first half of next year. –.