Kevin Bronson on August 6th, 2012

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Australian quartet Husky crafts lilting pop that trades in the same brand of acoustic serenity and aching nostalgia practiced by many of your favorite harmony-wielding folkies. This batch of pastoral grace was conceived at a small house in Melbourne, where singer-guitarist Husky Gawenda, keyboardist Gideon Preiss, bassist Evan Tweedie and drummer Luke Collins assembled some old recording gear, got back to basics and came up with the songs on “Forever So,” which was polished by mixer Noah Georgeson (Devandra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and others) in L.A. With Husky newly signed to Sub Pop, “Forever So” came out in the U.S. in July.

||| Download: “Tidal Wave”

||| Live: Husky plays tonight at Origami Vinyl (7 p.m.) and Tuesday at the Hotel Cafe.

Photo by Shawn Brackbill