Isabella Strange have been doing the rounds on Scotland’s live circuit for a few years now, hitting some of the wonderful indie fests like Kelburn Garden Party and Stag & Dagger, as well as shows with bands like Do Nothing and Bikini Body. And now they’ve released their first EP, Slick Git, underscoring exactly why this four-piece have been able to stand out in an increasingly crowded post-punk field.

For one thing, they’ve got riffs for days; ‘Sally’s Day’ will embed itself in your brain within seconds of hitting play on this EP. There’s an undercurrent of psychedelia that gives heft to the arrangements throughout Slick Git, contrasting nicely with the unadorned snarl of Kira Wolfe-Murray’s biting vocals. The shitkicking grunge of Splendora meets the paranoid bombast of The 13th Floor Elevators, slathered in a greasy punk finish.

Finlay Robson takes the lead on the title track which feels dazed, unfazed and blissfully unconcerned with those thousand telephones ringing, while ‘Karma 5’ affects a Dry Cleaning nonchalance that is both playful and sincere – the band never commit fully to one mode or the other which means there’s not a second of monotony across this quarter hour. These two songs are split with a quick, woozy interlude that serves as a quick breather in the middle of the EP, the kernel of peace in this concentric circle that hits hardest at its extremities.

If ‘Karma 5’ was easing you back in, then ‘Unfinished Business’ has no interest in such comforts, with pummelling drums and guitars sitting on the verge of thrash. It’s the heaviest song of the bunch and provides a lyrical gut-punch to go along with the musical intensity, typifying the recurring themes of masculine egotism and the need to let call out misogynistic bullshit.

Isabella Strange launched the EP at Voodoo Rooms on Saturday night, along with kindred spirits Bikini Body (Vicky and Harry even joined the band for a couple of songs) and Edinbugh’s finest purveyors of absurdist-punk, Cowboy Hunters. Keep your eyes peeled for what comes next as the band continue to make good on their buckets of potential.