Bailterspace – Trinine

In their original incarnation, Bailterspace’s tendency towards crushing, voluminous noise saw them frequently compared to Sonic Youth. If the New Zealanders’ recent return from a fourteen-year hiatus has demonstrated anything, however, it’s that their dogged pursuit of lustrous cacophony was worlds away from the intricately refracted light of the NYC luminaries.

The seductive mystery of Together sees Alan Parker using subtle guitar lines to pry open spaces between the opaque, coiled-spring drum hits; filled in by his own soft murmurs amidst the creeping fog of John Halvorsen’s woozy bass. Meanwhile, motorik psych daydreams like Films Of You offset the addictively murky riffology that characterises Trinine to make for a record that becomes more intriguing with every listen. Granted, they still feel in thrall to the same thunderous squalls that characterized their 90s work, but whoever looked to reunited bands for personal growth? More of the same, and better for that. [Will Fitzpatrick]