Concert / Pop, Psychedelic & Synth Bachelorette

“… Annabel Alpers (is) a uniquely engaging oddity who captures NZ’s sense of space and seclusion. Her debut, Isolation Loops, was just that, recorded in the company of vintage machinery over winter in a remote cottage, and though My Electric Family ropes in fellow musicians and feeds off warmer pop currents, it still sounds utterly removed. Alpers’ flighty vocal is the female equivalent of Syd Barrett and the multitracked harmonies a Spectorish touch, but there’s as much ​’60s Joe Meek, ​’70s post-punk (Mindwarp recalls Girls At Our Best’s jaunty exuberance, Long Time Gone the fragile mantras of Young Marble Giants) and ​’80s/​’90s too (Her Rotating Head occupies the giddy space between Yazoo and Stereolab) . A real treasure”. Reviewed by Martin Aston.