posted in: Arbes – Swimmer
New York City indie rock often seems like a self-perpetuating beast, churning out shoddy carbon copies of the same uninspired, affectless ideas, a ubiquitous form which has gradually devolved as something flaccid, predictable, and boring. It’s this frame of mind that fuels my giddy enthusiasm for Melbourne, Australia’s three-piece guitar outfit, Arbes. The two-thirds female trio reclaim tropes of “surf rock,” “slacker rock,” and…