Alongside indie rock quartet 26, fellow Brisbane natives Grand Atlantic were chosen by local music industry development organisation QMusic to showcase at One Movement. They took to the Snowball Stage at 1.15pm on Sunday, 18 October, which was pleasantly cooler than the day before.

Despite the sparse crowd of earlybirds in attendance, the band proved their suitability for future main-stage appearances. Their power-pop sound is reminiscent of the best bits of bands like Supergrass, Jet, Dallas Crane and Kings Of Leon; watch singer/guitarist Phil Usher whip out a harmonica from his back pocket toward the end of their set closer, ‘Ghost Town’.

The superbly clear sound is worth a mention, too; it’s the result of flying a Brisbane-based sound engineer friend across just for the showcase. Righteous! More on MySpace.