Artist: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Album: “The French Press”
Label: Sub Pop Records
Format Reviewed: Digital Advance
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever may be a mouthful to say, but the latest EP from the Melbourne-based quintet, “The French Press,” is an earful of groovy goodness. Filled with catchy tunes and summer-inspired surf guitar that crashes in and out of the songs like gentle waves, the six-track offering is an oyster packed with pearls.
“Julie’s Place” strikes a rhythm built to stream from earbuds on a barefoot beach run while “Sick Bug” seems inspired by the surroundings of a 90s dorm room where R.E.M. posters hung proudly over double bunks. Fran Keaney’s vocals have a calming effect, an unintended audio-therapy session that can be revisited over and over again. The only negative to “The French Press” is that there isn’t more of it.
