Common Goldfish, the Tottenham one-man operation of Jonty Lovell, has spent the last few years drip-feeding some of the most quietly inventive music on the London indie circuit. ‘Day Five’ is the moment it all crystallises. Six tracks of hazy, sun-drunk experimentation that somehow hang together as one of the most cohesive and joyful listens of the summer.

The breadth on display here is genuinely impressive. Old school blues, psych-indie, Britpop swagger, 90s club energy, and ‘Day Five’ wanders freely between them all without ever feeling scattered or indecisive. Each track has its own distinct personality, its own mood and corner to inhabit, yet the whole thing flows with an ease that speaks to how well Lovell understands his own sound. This is music that sounds effortless because somebody worked very hard to make it that way.

‘Dream Beam Fever’ is a highlight early on, the vocals sharper and more focused than you might expect from something so dreamy, pulling you into a slacker psych party that sits somewhere between Tame Impala and early Super Furry Animals. It’s the sound of a song that knows exactly how good it is and is entirely unbothered about telling you.

‘I Keep On Telling You’ is the EP’s most unexpected turn, a 90s dance and club anthem modernised through Lovell’s signature hazy lens. The combination shouldn’t work as well as it does, but that’s the common goldfish trick: things that sound unlikely on paper feel completely natural in practice.

‘Life in the Backseat’ rounds off the trio of standouts, recalling the indie dream-pop golden era of Peace and JAWS while adding a dancy, propulsive piano and a crisp beat that drives it forward with real momentum. It’s warm, bittersweet and completely infectious.

Common Goldfish are bringing Britpop back this summer, and the timing feels exactly right. ‘Day Five’ is the soundtrack to all of it: park, tin of something cold, volume up. Essential.