It’s a trick as old as rock ‘n roll. If you’re a good band who still can’t quite seem to make the breakthrough to mainstream success, then there’s always a tried and true option – a cover.

Giants of Science have upped the ante though; where previously one single might have sufficed, this seven-track appear comes complete with seven of the buggers. The opening cover of the Eurythmics/Aretha Franklin hit “Sisters” is a rock beast par excellence, while the version of Split Enz’s “One Step Ahead” is very good indeed.

But the most interesting cover is of a far more direct influence – Giants of Science’s take on Swevedriver’s “Last Train to Satansville” is delivered with a touch more rock swagger than the cool detachment of the original, but there’s simply no keeping down such a great tune. Similarly, Superchunk’s “The First Part” is more of a direct influence than fellow Brisbanites the KT26ers, with Giants of Science’s contemporaries represented by “Jenny Flex”.

Sparklehorse are probably more of a band favourite than a direct influence, too, but the cover of “Happy Pig” is less reverential than other moments on Sisters. It’s as such probably one of the best covers on this EP as it doesn’t actually sound like a ‘cover’ per se; it comes across as a very different interpretation to the original. As such, Sisters is more a curiosity than a necessity – until such a time as the title cut sets Giants of Science roaring up the charts, that is.