Indian Red Lopez – Empty Your Lungs and Breathe

Taking the polar opposite approach to the movie Sleepers (7.4 on IMDB! - ed) from which they borrowed their name, Aberdeen's Indian Red Lopez have delivered a debut album which amounts to more than the sum of its parts. Tags such as dance, electro, indie and even M83-like shoegaze may follow in their wake, but these act more as adornments to some solid songwriting than anything quite so genre pushing.

Simple but deceptively intelligent lyrics seal the deal on superior, skyward cuts such as Ropes and The Third (Incision) whilst some muscular guitar clout in My Eyes and The New Black helps bring a welcome edge. At times an aural template becomes a little apparent and several song lengths wouldn’t be harmed by slight pruning, but Empty Your Lungs and Breathe stands as a solid debut from a group gleefully exploring the space between the bedroom and the studio to promising effect. Breathe it in. [Darren Carle]