Our Antipodean cousins are producing some of the world's most exciting underground pop vocalists right now, each with genuine crossover potential. You can add New Zealand's MAALA to that list now. His rugged but catchy debut track 'Touch' pointed to big things on the horizon, and sure enough, six months down the line we have another swoonsome song packed with ghostly synth patterns, muted bass, crackling percussion, and capped by MAALA's own spine-tingling falsetto delivery. Don't be surprised if MAALA follows Jarryd James in becoming the next star from Down Under to ink with a major and take the EU/US airwaves by storm. - DC