Death in Plains - Mustard Polo EP

Death In Plains is the work of Enrico Boccioletti, a Pesaro-based musician with a taste for psychedelic 16-bit slow dances. This 10" features four party numbers that sit somewhere between recent taste makers Future Islands and Washed Out. It's part synthpop balladeering, part melancholic dancefloor fillers, basically. Heartfelt vocal melodies sit aloft chunky beats and sways of soft synthesizers creating a heavy, atmospheric brew below. The two tracks on the B-side pick things up with panicked, skittering beats mashed up with layers and layers of synth madness. It's hard to tell what to make of this on first listen but it's certainly a lively one. Kinda reminds me of the 'I want to get every idea I've got into one tune' attitude you get with Dan Deacon mixed with a desire to write genuinely heartfelt pop music, a la Neon Indian and the like. It's nice.