DREAMY, gooey and melodic, waves of rose-tinted sound drips over you. But don’t be fooled. Like The Dum Dum Girls before them, these girls have balls and the jaggy assortments of guitar riffs and pounding drums will grab you in an all consuming fashion many times throughout this debut LP. Recorded at legendary producer Peter Katis’ Tarquin Studios (The National, Interpol) in ten days last November, Honeyblood is an accomplished and delightfully fierce record.

From the urgent guitar and dive-bomb drums of opener ‘Fall Forever’, the album twists through the gutsy punk of ‘Killer Bangs’ to reveal anthems like ‘Super Rat’. Written to cheer up a friend, ‘Super Rat’ is a dose of girl power, with fitting harmonies and a collection of insults that give this song just the right amount of sass.

Honeyblood has pared-down, alt pop gems in the form of ‘Biro’ and ‘No Spare Key’, but also more country influenced moments like, ‘(I’d Rather Be) Anywhere But Here’, ‘Braid Burn Valley’ and ‘Bud’, pulling in elements of lo-fi punk rock, unfettered indie pop and a deep seated passion for classic rootsy song crafting that helps give the album something of an undeniable feel.

Whats more, Honeyblood is driven through tightly-bound instrumentals and laced with the sheer strength and beauty of Stina’s voice. The LP resonates with deep melodic hooks, and an uncomplicated charm that make it a stomping release from the Glasgow girls.