It’s hard to talk about Tasmania without being asked who the connection is, and it’s inextricably harder to find there’s no connection at all. With a population of a quarter of a million, Hobart, particularly the Tassie punk rock and hardcore scene, is small, despite originating as the second oldest city of Australia. It’s no surprise then that when you grow up playing music, friendships that establish over decades from school age result in comforting musicianship that often need not rely on words; the space between notes mimicking the way friends’ interactions can so fluidly re-engage amidst the pull of life experience.

For those who follow, there will be a familiarity with the faces from acts: Luca Brasi, Ride The Tiger, Speech Patterns, Départe, Trespasser, Resilient, and even to older beloved Tasmanian bands like The Scandal, but as wonderful as these acts are, the desire to create something more dynamic, ambient, and melodic has been precisely the catalyst to realign the paths of these members, who have already shared countless stages in respective bands.

Settled firmly in the instrumental post rock genre, follow will appeal to fans of Caspian, Explosions In The Sky, sleepmakeswaves, Tides Of Man, Vasudeva and Tycho.