Blending genres and 90s-head-nods, the SA scene lays claim to a number of promising outfits, and with the release of their much-anticipated debut LP, Twine have emerged as leading figures in Adelaide’s new underground. ‘New Old Horse’ is a belter of a guitar record, spinning Wednesday-isms over the fertile intersections of post-hardcore/emo/noise-rock. The album feels strongly apart of a canon similarly embracing y2k alt sounds (00_ and the Kitty Records roster espec) but the scope and ambition on-display here makes Twine distinct. We get nearly 50-minutes of eyes-shut, head-tilted journey-ing through white knuckle tension and doctor prescribed catharsis. Twine in this way are surgical in crafting moments of abandon, keenly hunched, dialling in their pedals and amp EQs as though setting the safety radius for quarry explosion. But as above, so below, and for every section of noise-y group stimming, there’s the reprieve and come down – Thea’s violin working textural and melodic magic throughout. Taut, expansive, sincere – ‘New Old Horse’ is as appropriate for the dumb-smile of a first kiss or a break-up over text.- Max