The Electric Era

Try a dash of 80s Dunedin ginger pop a la The Chills and The Clean. Add hints of British Post-Punk/ New Wave riffs with an atmospheric synth dressing reminiscent of Joy Division and The Cure, and you get ... The Electric Era's Antipodean Anti-Gloss Pop recipe. The Era has one fulltime member in Karsten Schwardt (vocals, guitar and all sorts of other instrumental things) and two collaborators (Brignall Wood on drums and Leal Butler on bass guitar).