Named for the German expression Partnerlook -- when two people dress alike --
Partner Look combine sleek surfaces and jangle in their deadpan indie pop. Consisting of two couples linked by sisters, all of whom played in other bands, the quartet rotated lead vocals on their 2022 debut album,
By the Book.
German sisters
Ambrin (
Cool Sounds) and
Anila Hasnain (
Lachlan Denton & Studio Magic) and their partners,
Dainis Lacey (
Cool Sounds) and
Lachlan Denton (
The Ocean Party), formed
Partner Look in Melbourne, Australia in 2018, initially to create a long-distance wedding gift for a friend in Germany. They kept a good thing going, and in 2019,
Partner Look played their first official gig in Melbourne at the album launch of Take the Reigns,
Denton's collaborative record with
Emma Russack.
With
Denton on drums and
Lacey engineering, the group recorded their debut album in May 2020 in a garage studio at
Lacey and
Ambrin Hasnain's house. The completed
By the Book arrived on Trouble in Mind (in conjunction with Spunk/Osbourne Again in Australia) in early 2022. ~ Marcy Donelson