The Goon Sax @ Mono, Glasgow, 20 May

There's a buoyant, laid-back crowd in Glasgow's Mono to see Australian indie-poppers The Goon Sax return to the city after last year's release of acclaimed debut album Up To Anything. And the lo-fi, introverted indie they deliver is exactly what we are hoping for. 

The Goon Sax are a particularly good example of that unquantifiable Antipodean brand of indie which takes sparse, semi-acoustic lo-fi pop and adds to it nonchalant, stream of consciousness lyricism about everyday life and love. It must be the heat robbing them of their energy, but acts from Courtney Barnett to The Chills have pioneered this nonchalant, relaxing approach. 

Unfazed by the forced restart of their second track or the slightly muddy mix marring their opener, the band are at ease throughout, joking about Glasgow curing their colds and laughing off a bewilderingly accented heckler trying to spark up a chat mid-set. 

Boyfriend's stop-start drums and punchy acoustic riff are a highlight tonight, as is the sweet confessional Telephone with its staccato drums. New song Get Out is a (relatively) energetic pop song which bodes well for the band's sophomore effort. 

Meandering through most of their debut album – with a few new tracks thrown in – before returning for an understated encore, the band then hang around after the gig, drinking with the crowd. It's this unassuming, unpretentious quality that makes The Goon Sax, and their music, so enjoyable.