Hills Hoist arm groans at the prod of summer breeze. Powerlines stretch across peach and lilac sunsets.
Face To The Flywire – the debut studio LP by Brisbane alt-rockers Platonic Sex – is the product of a coming-of-age that unfolds within the natural poetry of Queensland. Since their formation in 2021, Bridget Brandolini (they/them), Jess Cameron (she/her), Ryan Hammermeister (he/they) and Jane Millroy (she/her) have made a powerful case for staying in the city that grew them, delaying the move ‘away’ that sometimes feels inevitable, as their peers leave for other sharehouses, in colder places with more artists and venues and gigs.
Recorded by Antonia Gauci (GAUCI) and mixed by Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music), the album is a dynamic, sun-bleached entry into the contemporary canon of queer Australia.
