The Stroppies

Influenced by the jangle pop of classic Flying Nun and featuring members who each had impressively long CVs, the Australian combo Stroppies began as a lo-fi bedroom project. They released a home-cooked self-titled EP in 2017, then made the jump to a studio while recording their debut album, 2019's Whoosh! Utilizing that opportunity more fully on 2022's Levity, they added more keyboards to the arrangements along with some timely wistfulness and depth. To be in only one band if you were a musician in Melbourne in the mid-2010s meant you were a serious slacker. Most were in at l...