Eight songs of vulnerable, silky D-I-Y pop hits from Claire McCarthy. The home-recording project Pretty In Pink takes a Young Marble Giants-like approach to sparse and intimate tunes. Pretty In Pink is the self-titled debut solo album from Claire McCarthy (Heart Beach). 8 songs vented from a Melbourne bedroom in lockdown during a global pandemic. DIY home pop reminiscent of the 2010's Hobart sound with a splash of early Scraps.
I'm getting some Xpressway/Mesthetics vibes here (which is a good thing) but not in an manufactured manner (even better). In fact, PiP feels very unburdened from that type of self conscious legacy building. Another winner from Eternal Soundcheck!
-Nic