Another round up of what has caught my ear via the Indonesian “scene” of late.

There are two releases from The Interpretation Cultures already this month. That Kind of Pop Song captures the spirit of Sarah Records on the title track and Sad Eyes in Velvet. Georgie sounds like it’s inspired by a fairground organ, and they then supply us with a cover of Mighty Mighty’s debut single Everybody Knows The Monkey. They close with the EP with it’s best track in the shape of Automatic Heart which sounds like The House of Love crossed with a mature The Mighty Lemon Drops.

If that was not enough, the band have also slipped out a cover of They Go Boom’s A Single Word. They have stripped out the synths, replacing it with a bouncy guitar sound.

You can get both on a pay what you want basis from here.

StrawberryWine were a short-lived Jakarta based act and, as the name may suggest, they were a noisy shoegaze outfit. Disanorak have released a collection of demos under the band’s name, although some have been released previously. Their sound draws heavily from My Bloody Valentine and Ride, with their live version of the former’s Never Say Goodbye being included here.

Both Taste Me and Sour Angus hint at what was possible, but it wasn’t to be. You can pick up an alternative version of the former here.

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I have been listening to the debut album by indie rockers stroke shoegazers Lullavile titled Ilierauoy. The label describe them as “young lads Influenced by My Bloody Valentine, Kinoko Teikoku, and Westkust”. There is some good stuff ranging from their ideas, words and the tracks themselves. Songs such as Just Pretend, Dear Sarah and Ranzesque standout for me. A couple of songs like 2.59 get trapped and bogged down due to the constraints of the shoegazing genre, but the positives far outweigh the negatives for me!

Ilierauoy is out now on PsychoCandy Records.

Ineffable by Telly Blue, could have been the perfect pop song thanks to its catchy as feck and full on guitar hooks and melodic vocals. Sadly, at one point, there is a period of grungy shouting that disconnects from the rest of the song. Don’t get me wrong, the same vocals sound pretty effective when in the background, but not when they try to dominate. Now, where is my vocal remover?

Ineffable is backed with some melodic indie rock in the shape of On Marissa’s Mind which is pleasant enough but not really my thing. The songs are part of a release called Tender and is available from Guerilla Records.

Oh, and The Caroline’s have a new album out! That’s a story for another post.