Amazing

Amazing is the third release from Armlock, the Australian duo of Simon Lam and Hamish Mitchell, following 2021’s Trust and 2024’s Seashell Angel Lucky Charm. Bringing an electronic approach to deeply human indie rock, they’ve boiled their sound to its most crucial elements, distilling the character and feeling that makes their music resonant.

Friends for nearly two decades, Lam and Mitchell met studying jazz at Monash University in Melbourne and explored various musical projects together in the experimental electronic scene. Armlock formed from their shared desire to push outside their comfort zone, with both musicians learning guitar as the band began.

Amazing balances soul and precision, spontaneity and meticulousness: an airtight beat, an icy sharp guitar line, flashes of peculiar vocal samples and unexpected sound effects stretched beyond recognition.