4 ...according to our Clinton on 27 November 2006.
Don't quite know what to make of Gravenhurst. I thought nothing of that first
LP but within a few months was totally obsessed about the follow up 6 track EP
thingy with the ace Husker Du song. There's a new LP/CD out this week and its a
funny old bugger. The first track sounds alarmingly like Slint with dark
brooding vocals. Its really atmospheric but a bit twiddly and gothy in places.
Next comes the upbeat Strokes-a-like single 'The Velvet Cell' so good they've
put it on the album twice which of course is entirely pointless (it returns as a
'reprise'). The third track is like Nick Drake gone electric......and on it
goes. There's some really good songs on here (in a much more electric vein
than the earlier records) but it does have the feel of a good EP that has been
fleshed out to album length. On Warp.
