CD REVIEWS
BEC STEVENS
Why Don’t You Just
HOBBLEDEHOY
The second EP from Melbourne indie-rock trailblazer Bec Stevens is decidedly raw – twangy, spacious strumming, papery drums and warbling strings build sparse and smoky soundscapes for Stevens to howl over, which she does with wild might. She makes 26 minutes feel like five, and captures the essence of her goosebump-inducing live show with such dazzling veracity that if we crank our headphones loud enough and squint reeeeeally hard, we can almost
