Die Hard – Die Hard

Die Hard, impossible to Google without receiving a flurry of John McClane-based results, are borne of Glasgow label Halleluwah Hits, which also brought us the excellent Dam Mantle. Die Hard sound like a more anarchic Animal Collective; Opener In The Garden is surely one of the darkest songs you'll hear this year. The foreboding, deep-pitched vocals set up an album of expanding and developing themes of unearthly transience.

It’s brought back to ground – Glasgow, specifically – in the idiosyncratic Here Goes The Rage, with a tornado of guitars that belie the theme of fighting in the street. The peculiar rhythms of Nailed To The Cross are unusually remarkable. Elsewhere, the simplistic beauty of Shiver Through literally does just what it says on the tin. The variety of strange sounds that meld so perfectly are a wonder; it’s an irresistible ode to the many facets of Glasgow, and a perfect introduction to the oncoming spring.