Primo were born during weekly jam sessions where Xanthe Waite of the band TERRY, Violetta DelConte Race of the Shifters, and Suzanne Walker worked out new songs, learned instruments, and developed a scrappy, lo-fi indie pop sound that leans heavily on the early days of Flying Nun for inspiration. Not an avant-garde position to take for a band in Melbourne, Australia during the late 2010s, but it's an approach that proves to be timeless for lots of groups, including Primo. Their debut album, Amici, tightens up a little of the looseness their first EP exhibited, but there's still a pleasurably ramshackle, happily energetic quality to the results. It sounds like the three musicians are still learning the ropes of their chosen instruments, and this gives the songs an innocent quality that's hard to fake. Their voices aren't super-slick either, but they do have a good grip on harmonies and the way they blend together is joy-inducing, even though the subject matter of the songs can be mundane and workaday. They aren't writing about great romances or political upheaval here; it's more like missing office supplies, making lists, and the hassles of working, the kind of everyday stuff most people have to deal with all the time. It's an honest record that's so down to earth and true that it might be easy to take for granted just a little. That would be a mistake, though, because much like one of the bands whose footsteps they follow in -- Look Blue Go Purple -- their simplicity hides a lot of heart and their energy is infectious. Plus, the songs have the kind of melodies that tend to get lodged in the brain after a couple listens; the punked-up "Disco Eyeballs," the rough-and-tumble "You've Got a Million," and the jumpy "Future" are a few strong example of that phenomenon. It's not a showy record and it's not going to bowl anyone over, but it is sneaky good and shows that Primo are definitely on the path to doing something really special.