Last Dinosaurs - Wellnxss [White]

Brisbane indie favourites Last Dinosaurs went back to their 2015 second album Wellness and rebuilt it from the ground up, and Wellnxss is the 2026 result, pressed on 140-gram white vinyl.

Brothers Sean and Lachlan Caskey, both lead singers and guitarists, formed the band in 2007, and with bassist Michael Sloane they have spent the years since turning chiming, intricate guitar pop into a cult following that stretches well beyond Australia. Wellness was the album that followed the sunny hooks of their debut, and remaking it a decade on lets them revisit those songs with older hands and fresh ears.

The original titles get a playful makeover, vowels swapped for x's, but the songs are the ones fans fell for the first time around. "Apxllo", once a single, sits alongside "Take Your Txme", "Exie" and the title track "Wellnxss", each carried by the brothers' intertwined vocals. As ever, the interplay of the two guitars is the star, quick-fingered and melodic without getting showy, with the rhythm section keeping everything light on its feet.

For longtime fans, it is a chance to hear familiar songs in a new light. For newcomers, it is a fine place to fall for a band that has quietly built a devoted crowd.