Grafton Primary’s album Eon is a synthed out journey that feels futuristic whilst always referring back to the 80s. Jumping onto the scene last year with their Relativity EP, their heavy bass lines and dance inspired tracks with awesome vocals earned them wide-spread appeal across the nation.

Eon kicks things off with a dark offering, with Joshua Gardens’ vocals infecting your head as he chants “Records for the righteous/ Needles on the track/ Sound is independence/ Play the power back.” You know right from the beginning that this piece of electronica is not gonna fall in line with every other indie/electro acts currently doing the rounds. The album moves through electic sounds with up tempo songs dominating the beginning of the album, and moving towards some more downtempo material at the end. She Knows It is a party jam that will no doubt be on the playlist of most house parties. Its heavy bass lines and strong punching drums allow you to keep your head bopping and your body moving, with Garden dropping in the FX that mould the song and add to its uniqueness.

If The Presets are considered the mad scientists of Aussie indie/electro, then Grafton Primary are the vagabonds that are out to reinvent the wheel and push the boundaries. Their electronica influences are deep and this can be heard throughout the album. They now where they want to take their sound, and they push it even harder to keep people moving to their dark, gloomy, synthy tunes. I have no doubt that while only a handful of these songs might make it to the clubs, Eon is still an album that will be blasted all across Australia at house parties, and something that you need to listen to from start to finish. It’s a release that’s worth a bit of extra effort to discover its hidden treasures, so make sure that you listen to it more than once once – preferably, listen to it until you’re repeating Joshua Garden’s infectious vocals over and over and you’re doing the robot like it was 1987.

Grafton Primary’s Eon is a great start to what will be an incredible journey for the boys. A new addition to the Ausralian indie/electro cannon, we can only hope they keep on making albums as killer and hypnotic as this one.