An inherent contradiction, the tension between two forces that are unexpectedly tied together, is often the source of the power of great art. This is especially true in music; indeed, many of the most thrilling bands and records of our generation have shown the excitement and beauty that can often spring from such internal paradoxes.

Such is the case with Trailer Trash Tracys, for if ever there was a new band that straddled the line between darkness and light, of dissonance and melody, it is this one. Hailing from London and only a few gigs old, they create discordantly beautiful, dreamily fragile music which always seems to be hovering perpetually on the brink of collapse. Absorbing everything from the woozy atmospherics of shoegaze to even the SoCal surf pop of Dick Dale and the Shadows, the band conjures a lo-fi maelstrom of duelling contrasts like no other. The real rub, however, comes with Suzanne’s vocals, which sound like ghostly transmissions from another metaphysical plane, all ethereal angel sighs which seem to settle on the music like a fog at dusk. The overall effect is a bewitching one, as they twist 50’s pop conventions inside out on “Candy Girl”, and somehow channel the spirits of both Nico and Joe Meek simultaneously on the starkly beautiful love song “You Wish You Were Red”.