4/5 stars
Love Migrate are another criminally undervalued band from Melbourne, borne out of Goodnight Owl with a splash of Sleep Decade and some Gizzard thrown in too. This is their second EP since their god-dayamn incredible 2012 debut album Plagued Are All My Thoughts, Like White Ants In The Fence.
They nailed the driving, simple beats and twangy guitars on that album’s ‘Little Kid’and they do it well again on this EP. Their tunes are handmade for a dreary Australian winter. The music envelopes your earholes like an old blanket would while you sit on the couch watching the grey pitter patter outside.
First track ‘Pippa’s In The Highlands’is a beautifully easygoing start. Like any first track should, it gives an indication where the CD will take you. ‘Dreaming Wild’gets a little synthpop, which is a nice sonic sidestep. It’s a bit War On Drugs-y but with enough Love Migrate to not draw too much of a comparison.
Love Migrate have always done the slow stuff well, soaked in melancholy with a few sprinkles of optimism to keep you floating along. This band is a treasure. Needs a spokesperson onstage, though.
Love Migrate’s Shimmer Through The Night is out now on Flightless/Remote Control.
