Our Sleepless Forest - Our Sleepless Forest

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4...according to our Mingus on Thu 22 May, 2008.

Our Sleepless Forest: S/T (Resonant) Has got everyone raising their voices in the office as it's like an ambient, shoegazing library in here. The echoes echo, the guitar sounding electronics shimmer and the back beat shuffles in a percussive, overwound clock kinda way. This is like the methodone electronica produced by those wonderful lads from Ampoule.Talk in the office is gone onto re-branding or reverse-branding. Apparently Opal Fruits are to revert back to Starbursts. This is possibly all in the effort to see enough coffers implode the profits of the corporate monsters Nestle. This will only leave the kids that know no better scoffing; 'Whats that? where's me Starbursts?'. What this has got to do with Our Sleepless Forest you ask? Nowt I tell thee, it's just a diversionary tactic to keep you interested and halt this tired scribe from saying the same stuff about the same sort of fare...so therein lies a connection maybe. Beautifully packaged- in tree cover with sunbursts peaking through. It's a bit lush if you like sweet, druggy effects without the E numbers. You could just go and buy some sweets. Buy this and we'll send some with it. Don't bill us for your dentist fee though.

Absolutely stunning debut album of ambient electronic space rock from a
frighteningly young three-piece from South London - their first full
release, having had an early version of album track 'The Tinderbox' included
on the Type Records 'Free The Future' compilation.

Having met at school, Sam Purcell, Josh Rothberger and Karl Jawara started
experimenting with various musical instruments and sounds using software and
basic recording equipment, inspired by the music they were into and with the
aim of creating their own wall of sound. After 14 months they emerged with
something they were sufficiently happy with to allow it to be heard by
others, and ultimately that brings us to the present day - an eight-track,
45-minute debut that is comparable to any in this field in recent times.

Our Sleepless Forest's music is multi-layered, complex and dense, yet
dedication and attention are rewarded as the intricate slow-build melodies
are revealed beneath the feedback, crackle and hiss. Reminiscent at times of
the likes of Loscil or even Radiohead's more out-there moments but on the
whole avoiding the predictable comparisons associated with music of this
genre, this is an album that simply has to be heard.

Press to follow; opening track 'Nomads' was played by Mary Anne Hobbs a
couple of months back, and influential Manchester-based website Angry Ape
have lined up an interview with the band.

CD Tracklisting :

1. Nomads
2. The Tinderbox
3. Doors In Limbo
4. White Bird
5. Aircastles
6. Afraid of You
7. The Clarion
8. Haze