Husky
Forever So

The first notes of the album are enough to understand that what we have just inserted into the player is a decidedly valid work.
It's no coincidence that we have before us the first Australian band to have signed a contract with Sub Pop, moreover at their debut; a band that has already held high-caliber concerts supporting artists such as Neil Young, Devendra Banhart, Crazy Horse, and others...

The album opens with the hypnotic "Tidal Wave": an alternative folk, slow and psychedelic; which immediately suggests the atmospheres of the entire work: an overlap of romantic, mysterious, melancholic, psychedelic tones.
The first part of the album is characterized by the most energetic and lively episodes ("Fake Moustache", "History's Door", "Dark Sea"). Acoustic guitars prevail throughout the work and the electronic brackets are always spot on and engaging. As the album progresses, it becomes more and more intimate, more introspective; the acoustic guitar and the piano take over the other instruments. Just at the end, when the album implodes into itself, the two most interesting pieces of the repertoire arrive: "How Do It Feel", "Don't Tell Your Mother".

Many listeners will undoubtedly have hoped for some burst of energy, some more biting track, but the album does not explode and maintains a calmer and introspective line, rather it tends to close in on itself, accentuating its more melancholic and romantic side.

This very sense of melancholy, in the background, frames every moment of the work.
Nevertheless, there is nothing left to do but sit in an armchair and enjoy this romantic melancholy: a melancholy that even in sadness and restlessness appears to be turned around in all its facets and in the end does nothing but relax, soothe the listener. 
All this happens thanks to Gawenda's voice that fits perfectly with the simple and engaging, yet never trivial, melodies of the guitar and piano.

The work of Husky Gawenda and associates enjoys an aura of maturity that is anything but obvious: it is certainly not the greatest masterpiece, but it represents an absolutely interesting and fascinating beginning.
After such a debut, it is more than reasonable to have expectations for what the future of the band will be.