There is so much that Afrikaans can still do within the broad frame of rock music. Pretoria’s Die See – whilst jumping from the genre’s Afrikaans building blocks all the way from Kerkorrel and Koos du Plessis to Van Coke Kartel and Brixton Barnard – is claiming the freshly discovered headland of spaced-out rock all to themselves. Guitarist Dylan Thomas Graham is the chief architect, from cutting loose the inner-ear controls on “Hooggety” to the sturm and drone of “Oordeelsdag”. Vocalist Henry Cadle Ferreira is the other highlight, not afraid to go from near-croon to throaty whisper to stoned growl in the same song – he o ers the variety few of his peers do. Though the album cruises into a sameness midway through, the end result remains refreshing. “Die berge roep my/Ek kuier in die kranse …” – so begins “Vriende en Familie”. Somehow, in sound and lyric, it’s a sunnier, more blissfull and fresh-faced companion piece to Valiant Swart’s probing-the-darkness “Mystic Boer”. All in all, music you’d like to have playing while the country club’s burning and you’re watching from a safe distance, drink in hand.