Montana Wildhack is a lovely band of artists from... virtually as far from Montana as you can be, from Australia's west coast and the city of Freemantle. I follow their dreamy music for a while now, they also appeared on the blog two years ago with an EP called Soak, now they are back with their newest EP Summer that works like a shot of ethereal vibes.
It also makes a nostalgia trip for those who live on the Northern hemisphere and miss summer (very fitting in the snowy Europe like now). Those hazy sounds are like reflections of the sun filling your eyes when walking in the trees. The music is set in a slow pace with heavily dreamy guitars and very dream pop-accurate vocals (both male and female) with this feeling of being garage-made or recorded live that makes it more exciting and intimate at the same time. Even when the album gets more indie rock-guitar-based and subtly noisy in Fast Country, the overwhelming feeling of the hazy trip is what defines it. Also, huge props for the spoken word ballad You Are Here ending the album, I love it.
Summer costs 7 AUD.
Check: You Are Here
Country: Australia
Genre: dream pop/rock
