Hailing from the tiny NSW town of Braidwood, the Bumblebeez serve up a time capsule of the state of indie music in the early to mid-2000s—when dance-punk, electroclash, garage rock and hip-hop all revelled under the same roof. Absorbing all of it, the group’s chief singer, instrumentalist and beatmaker Chris Colonna began dicing and splicing genres on Bumblebeez’s 2004 The Printz double EP alongside his sister Pia, a.k.a. the acid-tongued Queen ViLa. The buzz from that collection spread to producer James Ford (of English electro duo Simian Mobile Disco) and mixer Zdar (of French house duo Cassius), both of whom came on board for the siblings’ 2007 debut album, Prince Umberto and the Sister of Ill. The set opens with a ringing phone—one of the few moments of focused sound before a cascade of beats, bleeps, raps and riffs proceed to flood the system. The album runs like an urgent scan through FM radio, spitting out chunky hip-hop and disco beats, distorted bass, noisy guitars, Chris’ punk growls and Pia’s playful rhymes—all pieced together with DJ-like interludes. The driving factor here is instant gratification, as they throw together disparate yet familiar sounds, including touches of Beck in the funky groove of “Black Dirt”, Gorillaz in the infectious bounce of “Dr Love” and The Vines in the loose fuzz rock of “Freak Ya Loneliness”.