Description:	7" on Hand Idiom
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Experimental Indie
	Label:	Hand Idiom
	Price:	£4.69
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...according to our Brett on 06 November 2008.

'By the River' is By the Band Called Vase and it's released By Hand Idiom Recordings. It's a 7" and it's all about melancholy plinky plonk piano, sad strings, mournful guitar, depressed drums and songs with words that I can't understand. It's definitely got a bit of a slowcore thing going, like a more lo-fi Low. They're all short jobs (four songs on a 7" playing at 45rpm) so they do have a bit of a sketchy quality to them that I quite like, similar to that last Max Richter album in feel if not musically. It's very nice, if not quite what I want right now so I'd best move on..

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What their label says...

By the River' is the new 7" EP by Vase.

This humble, 4-song EP contains beautiful, simple melodies, played on acoustic guitar and lonely piano.  
 

A long standing, well-respected member of the Bristol lo-fi music scene since 1997, Vase has played with Godspeed You Black Emperor, Movietone, Crescent, The Microphones, Andre Herman Dune, and Third Eye Foundation, among others.

Vase has released 3 albums and two singles on the Hand Idiom label.


Tracklisting:

 

Side A


1.      Apple, table, penny

2.      Recalling to guide

 
Side B

1. Crab apple

2. Soft knees