Arbes is an alt-rock dream pop group that understands the alchemy of texture.

Arbes’ debut album, Counterways is the feature album this week on 2SER, inviting listeners into an unusual sonic world of atmospheric depth. This beautiful album explores romantic dreaming and the struggle to (not) understand and to be understood. It memorialises glimmers of connection, discontentment and longing.

Front woman Jess Zanoni and guitarist Sam Pannifex joined 2SER Breakfast to chat about the unhurried path to their first album and how coming third in the band competition isn’t such a bad thing after all.