This is no ordinary debut: oh no, this is the self-recorded, self-produced debut from Calgary’s most exciting, experimental indie four-piece. Featuring the sublime vocals of Raphaelle Standel-Preston, which can leap from a fragile, Cocteau Twins-like sweetness to an ear-piercing, ragged Panda Bear screech in a heartbeat, these sumptuous harmonies showcase a superlative post-rock grasp of dynamics. Add to that swirling keys, pulsating beats and intricate shards of guitarwork, and you have the ingredients for the deliciously ethereal and addictively hypnotic audio-banquet that is ‘Native Speaker’. This isn’t just another indie band: this is Braids, and they’re sinfully more-ish… Indulge here now.