We’ve been following the upward trajectory of Eora/Sydney band Postcards from Pluto for a little over a year now and thoroughly impressed by both their singles and live performances (see our reviews here). We are therefore overjoyed to be able to premiere their new single ‘Arcade’, which indicates things are only getting better.
Since their last release, Postcards from Pluto have supported the legendary eighties band The Crystal Set on their lauded return tour, and undergone some personnel changes.
There is a fuzzy muscular thrum to ‘Arcade’ with a thundering beat and an incessant drive. Singer Atlas Kilbey has a dispassionate louche sardonic delivery, posed and studied with female backing vocals adding a certain luster. Soaring choruses and a melody that sticks like superglue create something quite special: a sort of glam stomp delivered with a sardonic tone and an arched eyebrow. It really is terrific stuff for such a young band, creating their own distinctive sound while nodding subtly to rock history rooted in the seventies and eighties.
Postcards from Pluto new line-up seems to have augmented the sound and created far something more complex and layered:
Mixed by the legendary Russell Kilbey (The Crystal Set), ‘Arcade’ is out on Monday, 15 December 2025 through the link above and via here and all the usual download and streaming sites, and you can catch the band live the following Friday – details below.
Feature Photograph: @sonicsydney
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