Gillbanks - ‘Childhood’

“I don’t know where I belong” murmurs Sam Gillbanks, disorientated and laced with a kick as his band whirl around him, a sea of woozy perplexity and unmitigated noise.

This is the expansive sound of Gillbanks, the London trio with a fondness for trailing different paths while creating a serene cut of clarity. Once finished, you wonder how they managed to find their way back.

‘Childhood’ is their sharpest yet, Sam delivering one minute with vehemence and next with careless whisper - “So long friends of my childhood / I never meant to run away // but I was never given / the choice anyway.” It’s all wrapped in constantly developing hooks and lucid atmospherics - edge of the seat one moment, floating in the next.

If they keep delivering like this, Gillbanks could be something special.