The Stroppies: Levity (2022)

Here's another new one I'm into (and something much more up my alley). Australian indie rockers The Stroppies have been around for a few years now, mining a classic jangle-buzz indie rock sound that owes a big debt to New Zealand's 80s Flying Nun Kiwi rock scene, particularly the Clean, the Bats, and Look Blue, Go Purple (with both male and female vocalists). They fit in nicely alongside modern-day indie evangelists like Salad Boys, Kiwi Jr., and Ducks Ltd.

The new one leaves some of their earlie...