The astonishing ceiling at the venerable Marrickville Bowling Club is like an additional support act: clearly designed by some walrus mustachioed designer in velvet fares in the seventies while ingesting some sort of illicit chemical. And tonight, nostalgia isn't quite what it uses to be. It's been a long wait for me since The Crystal Set emerged from the heavens after a thirty-odd year hiatus - storms in Queensland meant a wasted trip for me to Sydney when their gig at this venue with the Ups & Downs was postponed last year.

One of the most exciting young antipodean outfits around at the moment, the inimitable Postcards From Pluto, today bless us with an early listen to their new track 'Chocolate'. It's been six months too long since we cast our ears over 'Arcade' (read our review here) and after a line up change, they are back with a melodic vengeance. 'Chocolate' has a driving delicious glam rock fuzz with singer Atlas Kilbey's louche, insouciant delivery, an arched brow, hand on hips, vocals quivering with emotion. It's über cool and studied, enigmatic and bold, swaggering with a gait ten kilometers wide.

We've been following the upward trajectory of Eora/Sydney band Postcards from Pluto for a little over a year now and thoroughly impressed by both their singles and live performances (see our reviews here). We are therefore overjoyed to be able to premiere their new single 'Arcade', which indicates things are only getting better. Since their last release, Postcards from Pluto have supported the legendary eighties band The Crystal Set on their lauded return tour, and undergone some personnel changes. There is a fuzzy muscular thrum to 'Arcade' with a thundering beat and an incessant drive.