Brian Grainger - Highschool Guitar

This thing looks lovely. You get a clear vinyl record, some owl stickers, an owl badge, more stickers, a postcard with a download code on, a badge, a poster and a guitar pick all wrapped up a quality looking silk screened sleeve and hand numbered of 120. So for you 5 or 6 people out there still buying records you're in for a treat with this one. And if you're expecting a load of fluffy ambience then you'd better get on the bus to wrongsville cos you get 6 tracks of bouncy upbeat (ish) happy sounding instrumental electronic music. There's a dirty sounding bass ploughing through the majority of the tracks propped up with some guitar and held together by a drum machine taking it reasonably easy. It's a weird one as bits of it sound electronic, other bits sound a bit shoegazey and other bits are almost new wavey. It's totally wasn't what I was expecting but it's one of the best things I've heard from him and it's well worth checking out if you've got the cash to splash. Excellent!

Brian pulled out all the stops here. It's like a cullmination of things preciously hinted to; the sweet nostalgic guitar work of things like Teenager or Nine Billion Names, the chilled electronics of Milieu or Coppice Halifax, a tony drop of rawness (VCV), all wrapped up in a Brian Grainger blanket of airy ambience. And kudos to A9 for going all out for this EP. Truly a package that any fan of Brian's work will want to pick up. It is a lot of bang for your buck, visually and sonically. Looking forward to the full length!