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be able to play as well as he.

to craft a vocal melody over my piano chords. It took me a solid few months of every day practice. When I finally played my first song it was exhilarating. To know that I had the power to create things from my mind, and not rely on anyone else, was very empowering. It’s an addictive feeling; I think that’s why I’ve never stopped. Your jazz pianist grandfather influenced you very much; were there particular elements of his playing style that you absorbed? My dad has always said I play piano more like my grandfather than him. My grandad is just in love with the keys. He flows; even with his arthritis that gives him knobbly fingers, he’s never lost it. He and I share this intense love for piano. Jazz especially. He’s much better than I am but I think it’s beautiful that we can share our style of playing from different sides of the world. It lets me know that he’s always with me and I push myself and my skills so that one day I will

You’ve said how central the process of personal growth was during the record’s creation. Was it something you saw as it was happening in daily “Woah!” moments, or did you not realise it until you looked back at the end? I kind of just live off of reflection. one of the most cathartic things I’ve ever done. I looked back at all these songs I’ve written over the years, from when I was 16 or 17, songs I’ve written from really dark places, and it’s almost like I was a different person. This album is literally the last three years of my life and I’m very excited to be putting it out there in the world. ZKR During the making of this album I had no idea the kind of impact it would have on me. It ended up being

I kind of just live off of reflection

Odette's vivid break-out track Watch Me ReadYou gave critics whiplash; its dynamic mix of spoken word, vocal melody and lithe keys is the perfect introduction to the 21-year-old Sydneysider's sublime debut LP, To A Stranger . ODETTE

When I was eight I started to sing and play at the same time. It was difficult at first because I had to train myself to be able to understand polyrhythms and how

Tell us about the first moment you realised you had enough training on the piano to be able to create the things you heard in your head.

To A Stranger

by Odette is out July 6 via EMI.

C onsidering the thoroughbred talent of Shepparton Airplane – the four-piece comprises former and/or current members of The Peep Tempel, Graveyard Train and Tankerville – it's no shock the band's second album Almurta expands on their fantastically grubby, melodic punk sound. These tracks flagellate with thick and raw guitars, hearty melodies, and an SHEPPARTON AIRPLANE

DIRTY PROJECTORS

P resented as the yang to the yin of last year’s self-titled effort, Dirty Projectors' Lamp Lit Prose is a stunning basket of pop posies, where seemingly disparate elements are artfully arranged. Acoustic guitars are back (with many bright little fretboard slides, reminiscent of D.D Dumbo’s playing style), and project head David Longstreth has stemmed the loss of Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman’s vocals with some of the most gorgeous female voices out – HAIM, Empress Of, Amber Mark, and The Internet's Syd – along with Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold. ZKR

Idles-like licentiousness. Single No Prize is just the start; head for the beautiful harmonic rush of Rewind , and the sloping slap of Revenge . ZKR

Lamp Lit Prose by Dirty Projectors is out July 17 via Domino.

Almurta by Shepparton Airplane is out now via Wing Sing/Redeye.

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