Concrete Playground

It may be easy to throw around words like "magical" and "wondrous", but I'd be remiss not to employ them when trying to describe Pikelet's sound. It's not polite psych, however, it's swirling folky pop made limitless by the use of live looping and a veritable carpet bag of instruments and tales to be told. These stories have taken shape on her new record Stem, which was recently 2SER’s Album of the Week. It’s a record brimming with layers of sounds, piled atop each other with birdlike harmonies holding it all together.

Having recently supported Devendra Banhart, the Dirty Projectors, Frida Hyvonen, Patrick Watson and Kaki King, it’s high time Pikelet topped the bill here in Sydney. Luckily for us, she does just that this Thursday, to launch her new record in all its glory, with full band and excellent local supports Songs and the Maple Trail. Reviews from the Melbourne launch have started trickling in, with one main thrust: “stunning”. Stem has so many kaleidoscopic avenues that will be interesting to see coming together, live and lilting.

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