The mixtape: Good Morning, Sans, I’lls, Sui Zhen and Grenadiers

A Vessel – Good Morning

If their music is anything to go by, Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons of Melbourne duo Good Morning are morning people of the Sunday – not Monday – variety; the kind filled with drowsy pillow talk and a sun-drenched, late breakfast. Recorded in Parsons’ lounge room, A Vessel is a watery psych-rock stoner of a song, where the vocals are mumbled rather than sung and the synths wibble and wobble. Stay tuned for a new EP from the pair later this year.

Torquay – Sans

Melbourne indie four piece Sans make crafting a neat pop tune look effortless. This fast, hooky song has an energetic drum beat and with its 1960s teenybooper-era “woo-oos” and lyrics such as “you promise to love me, and hold me tonight” it will have you toe-tapping your way to the nearest dancehall. The band are launching their forthcoming EP at The Toff in Melbourne on 8 August, alongside local bands Oliver’s Army and Brungas Band.

Let Me Have Just One – I’lls

The new song from I’lls begins with a warm bleeping – almost heartbeat-like – and a tinny drum part, before quickly swelling with mournful synths and quiet storm vocals decorated with plenty of falsetto. Let Me Have Just One has ghostly, distorted sound effects and tough techno beats to keep things weird. Catch the Melbourne three-piece playing Splendour In The Grass on 24-26 July. A forthcoming EP, Can I Go With You To Go Back To My Country, is due on 6 July.

Take It All Back – Sui Zhen

Melbourne-based artist Becky Sui Zhen makes glossy, nostalgic electro-pop. Her coquettish vocals are Kate Bush meets enigmatic J-pop singer Salyu. And in Take It All Back, from upcoming August album Secretly Susan, Zhen manages to create a candy floss concoction of floating synths and drum beats, without losing the smooth minimalism and cool lounge-pop sound her music is known for. Zhen directs and edits her music videos, and the pastel-coloured, not-quite-still life vignettes of Infinity Street are subtle and captivating.

Wishbone – Grenadiers

Adelaide band Grenadiers are responsible for the kind of brutal and pure, furious punk rock that give large stadium speakers meaning in life. There is nothing bratty or adolescent about this music: it is masculine, urgent, and played like no drum can ever be struck hard enough and no crunchy guitar chord played loud enough. The trio will be heading north to play Darwin Railway Club on 27 June and a punk rock showcase at Sydney’s The Factory on 25 July called Blood Sweat & Beers, also featuring Luca Brasi, Clowns and Gifthorse.