In the front bar at Brunswick’s iconic Retreat Hotel, we have three eclectic, up and coming local acts gracing the stage later this month.

Melbourne’s Grey Whistle Test released their debut EP in September 2018. Their indefinable style is touching and evocative and their live set never voids from experimentation nor ambience. Even more poignant and ambitious, they’re second EP is only a matter of weeks away.

David Western's bashful and winsome sensibility has fooled many. An explorer of personal space, soaring downcast rock and dimly-lit folk tunes, he's an old soul that writes with purpose - observing the norm and turning things inside out.