Edinburgh's Vistas had kind of passed me by a little. Not because of any intent. I liked what I had heard across their two albums and I liked what I read about them. They just seemed a bit too Killers, nothing wrong that at all, but there's been so much Indie Rock of that ilk over the past approaching two decades. You just get blasé.
Well this EP throws that baby out of the bath water. Because that bombast has been tempered and slowed down a tad and edged more towards Indie Pop and it really works. The choruses are still big, but the melody and harmony seems to have come to fore.
The trio link well together and Jamie Law's Bass drives the majority of songs in a wondrous way, It may be the keys that mellow this album more, but the real joy is Prentice Robertson's vocal, it isn't a million miles away from the sadly missed Greedy Smith of Mental As Anything and suits the material perfectly.
Having five potentially killer singles on the EP promises much airplay which is rightly justified. The two stand outs, My Head Feels Strange and the title track, The Beautiful Nothing (both embedded here) are Pop Rock Gold. If you compare Vistas to the new wave of Indie Guitar bands, they are streets ahead. I can't wait for the next album.
You can buy the EP everywhere and listeners who avoid the likes of Apple Music and Spotify, as we do, can listen to all 5 tracks here.
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