SCREENSAVER - Clean Current/Repeats

"Clean Current" nods its head to likes of Snapper and '80s Flying Nun bands whilst "Repeats" owes its origins more to the progenitors of goth-rock. Naarm/Melbourne four-piece Screensaver is back with a double A-side 7" single just six-months after delivering their ten-track debut album Expressions Of Interest (UTR 141LP, 2021) on Upset the Rhythm (UK) and Heavy Machinery (AU) to positive international response. The album has also been a regular feature on Henry Rollin's KCRW Santa Monica radio show. The band return with two distinctly different tracks that extend upon the blend of post-punk, new wave, and synth-punk on their debut. Side A, "Clean Current" is a burst of high-energy: nervy guitars and groovy bass underpinned with krautrock drums and cosmic synth noise, overlayed with delay heavy vocals. "Repeats" is the flipside of the coin, a moody post-punk stomper, led by gritty sawtooth synth, chorus-soaked guitar, textural percussion, and soaring vocals. Lyrically, "Clean Current" s