REVIEW: Camp Cope’s How to Socialise & Make Friends

These Australian kids attack their darkness lyrically via ’90s-style indie rock.

Camp Cope, How to Socialise & Make Friends (Run for Cover)

The sophomore record by this Melbourne trio made for a good companion piece to the Breeders record, and no, not just because the bands are (nearly) all-female. Both revel in ’90s-style indie rock with a dark side, but these Australian kids attack their darkness lyrically, venting to great effect (but with little in the way of poetry) about personal relationships and bigger issues like mansplaining in the music scene. Musically, they contrast with the Breeders’ creepy turns with a fairly consistent upbeat jangle that delivers the satisfying medicine of singer Georgia McDonald’s narratives with ease.

7/10

Trial Track: “How to Socialise and Make Friends”