OPTIC NERVE - TRAP DOOR (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

URGE RECORDS [2023] VINYL PRE-ORDER: DOWNLOAD: URGE RECORDS: Video by Madeleine Andrews While still better known for its beach vistas and senate corruption, real heads know that the city of Sydney, Australia has consistently produced some of the most vital underground music of at least the last fifteen years. And amongst this fertile ground, Optic Nerve have emerged as one of it’s most compelling artists. Their debut album “Angel Numbers“ is irrefutable proof. So much sets this band apart that it’s hard to know where to start. For one, there are Gigi De Lacy’s cut-up lyrics. Delivered with a bark at turns harrowing and triumphant, they honour the nuance of complex frustrations while subverting punk’s tired trend for abject and simplistic negativity. They are referential, but to a point where it becomes high-conce