Brisbane, Australia indie pop group the Goon Sax match the awkward simplicity of Beat Happening and hometown legends the Cannanes with the angular pulse of early works by another important band formed in Brisbane, the Go-Betweens. Their 2016 debut album Up to Anything, which was recorded while the trio were still in high school, came loaded with innocent charm and a killer single ("Boyfriend"). After graduating and touring the world, the band's second record, We're Not Talking, was more expansive musically and lyrically.
Formed in Brisbane by high school classmates James Harr...