ICECREAM HANDS: Giant Fox Pineapple Tree Vinyl LP (Cream, Indie Retail Exclusive)

Melbourne has a long and stubborn tradition of producing power pop bands so good the rest of the world only finds out about them twenty years later. Icecream Hands are overdue for that reckoning.

Active since the early 90s and criminally under-celebrated outside of people who really pay attention, Icecream Hands have always sat in that sweet zone where Big Star's melodic obsession meets the slightly sun-damaged jangle of Australian indie. Giant Fox Pineapple Tree is the kind of record that rewards repeat listens, full of hooks that feel inevitable and arrangements that don't overstate their case. This indie retail exclusive pressing on cream-coloured wax is a Melbourne release worth owning properly, not streaming on shuffle. Supporting local alternative music culture means buying the physical object, and this one is worth it.

Format: Vinyl LP, cream coloured wax, indie retail exclusive. Origin: Australia (Melbourne, Victoria).

Fans of: The Stems, Hummingbirds, Paul Kelly, Big Star.