Although there is something of a ‘track overlap’ with the Climb My Stairs, 92–94 compilation that was released by Daydream Records last year, the addition of this Skipping Stones: The Cassette Years ‘92​-​’​93 album  along with the World of Echo labels’ other Songs ’94​-​’98 release, will pretty much ensure that you have ‘an anthology’ of all that was totally essential about the first wave of Melbourne’s cult indie-pop legends, The Cat’s Miaow.

In fact, it could be argued that there is no finer ‘starter pack’ for the newfan of the band, with Make A Wish, Hollow Inside, and Little and Small offering a summation of their finest jangly, almost slowcore twee-pop, which ably assist the expression of their bittersweet indie-pop fragility with the inclusion of Halo, Talking To Trees, and Saviours For The Hurrying Man.

However, It is not always perfect dulcet melancholy pop. As such, the upbeat simplicity of Faded, Not Like I Was Doing Anything, and Sleepyhead rest upon  tumbling guitar-pop riffs, whereas such vibrancy is joined by the jangle-twang of Fire Damage and It Might Never Happen, as well as the melodic, tinny riffs of I Hate Myself More Than You Do and Icecream that were so much a part of the late 80s and early 90s jangle-pop scene.

Essential this is jangly, twee inflected indie-pop that has never really been bettered in the 25+ years that have elapsed since their heyday.

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