If not for the occasional reference to modernity, Life Strike appear to come straight out of the postpunk/new wave scene of 1980s UK or the pop underground scene of New Zealand from the same era. Early R.E.M. and The Chills come to mind as well when listening to the latest LP by the Melbourne three-piece. Then again, Life Strike have a sci-fi feel to it in terms of mood and themes, so they may in fact be time travellers from four decades ago, who knows. I think they describe their sound as apocalypse pop, which I think is very cool. That also applies to how I’d rate Peak Dystopia: very cool, with no shortage of exceptional songs.
Peak Dystopia is out now on Stable Label (Australia) and Bobo Integral (Rest of the World).
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