SLOW LORIS is slowly capturing Norman records heart to the
point where we shake uncontrollably when a parcel arrives from them.
Following my cooing appraisal of
The Hollows CD last week (largely down to the stunning packaging), we have received a bunch of lovingly housed CDs by
NORTHSTATION
called 'Wagtail'. I'll wax lyrical about the sleeve first, each one
constructed from some powder blue fuzzy felt style gear sewn up the
sides with a little brown stitching & to top it, a cute brown &
red felt bird sewn onto the front with a red button for an eye. An
absolutely
awsome, very lovely individual touch indeed. If the music wasn't some
hugely involving sprawl of eclectic, experimental organic digital psych
folk electronica then it would merely be a novelty but this is a real
treat for fans of electronica certainly. Organic, bendy & absorbing
with these 10 tracks reminding me in various places of a pastoral,
slowed down
U-Ziq, the spine tingling percussive onslaught of early Capitol K (an act that once blew the top off our collective heads), the twinkling & pulsing brilliance of 'Pause' era
Four Tet & even an embryonic Vector Lovers
(especially that
apocalyptic, haunting synth they used on 'Tokyo Glitterati') This is
the kind of music that gives us hope. Just a great sprawling mess of
scattershot ideas, drifting moods, blurred beats, & captivating
atmospherics, like a tasty soup that doesn't even need any black
pepper. This labour of love is limited to a mere 121 individualised
copies (we're getting a fair portion of the pressing so don't fret!)
Album of the week the three of us cry in unison! x Brian Dangermouse
