Maybe it's the solitary confinement of growing up in far-flung New Zealand that's led to Blair Jolland developing multiple personalities, each of them based on a music icon.
Like Wurzel Gummidge trying on different heads, his voice flirts with Scott Walker's sullen majesty, embraces the weathered beauty of Willie Nelson and chews on the elastic vowels of David Bowie.
And the music is equally transmogrifying. Arena of My Soul has the skewed delivery of the White Stripes and the spirit of Johnny Cash, it's backing vocals stolen from 1960s soul classics, while gospel-derived lyrics shine with purity amongst the grubby frenzy.
Jolland doesn't believe in subtlety and despite the abundance of eclectic influences, a thread of sparkling campness runs through each song. Bitter Girl's dramatic strings mirror Jolland's high, pained vocals - the song expansive yet slippery.
But it is the rock opera of Killer Landings that proves the ultimate fulfilment of Jolland's grandiose vision, creating the warped and spacey sound of Bowie's Major Tom free-falling into a Mexican border town, a pedal steel guitar sighing as it watches his tumultuous crash-landing.
