Quivers - Oyster CutsOyster Cuts, the Merge Records debut of Quivers, finds the Melbourne, Australiabased outfit awash in the kind of emotions people tend to fear losing themselves in. Finding love after grief, the outsized guitar pop of Quivers gleams like the surface of an ocean, beneath which lies a reef that is at turns beautiful and painful, its features alien and sharp enough to wound. Propelled by melodies that at times recall Galaxie 500 and The Pretenders,

but also betraying the fact that the group haven't dug very far through the crates to source their raw material

Side Two: Driving Home - Charles Walker 1965

Chauvinism was the mood music de rigueur in the record biz of the 60s and 70s

there is a powerful pulse implicit in the program’s frequency of consciousness

Heron's self-titled debut LP was mild

deadpan lyrics to convey stories of personal and societal unease

Nonetheless intent on pursuing a solo career

gathered together on two LPs for the first time

The performance also features appearances from Martin Jenkins

even if it’s just for ourselves

at Invada studios in Bristol

Thermo-nuclear chanteuse Cristina Martinez blisters the hypocrites