With Confidence – Better Weather

Sometimes when listening to albums for review purposes, it can feel like a chore – but with Sydney band With Confidence’s debut time simply flew by, and the record was over before I even realised. Their 10-track, 34 minute offering is the ultimate example of leaving the listener wanting more, especially as it finishes on a crescendo with the track ‘Waterfall’.

Better Weather is packed with modern takes on pop-rock, all of which are extremely mature in terms of the songwriting and musical progression. For a band that has only been together for less than five years this came as pleasant surprise.

This is a record which I highly recommend listening to in its entirety, but if you were to choose just three songs I would suggest the aforementioned ‘Waterfall’ as well as ‘Higher’ and ‘Keeper’, which are cheesy love songs but incredibly satisfying. (JA)

★★★★