Sonic pieces is one of the premier boutique labels, whereby the creative design of the packaging is easily as important as the creative music within. This is their first vinyl release and the first in a series of seven 7"s - which fills me with the delight that only the addicted collector can feel, but also fills me with the inevitable future dread of missing one in the series as they are going to be increasingly bloody hard to get hold of. Simon Scott was the drummer in Slowdive and a guy i knew quite well 20-odd years ago and neither of these facts influence my utter love of these two tracks. The subtle simplicity of these basic guitar/vocals tunes accentuate the fragility of the lyrics and the clear production by Nils Frahm amplifies the spaces inbetween the notes. When Mr Frahm adds minuscule piano and Mr Scott taps away at a xylophone they prove that you can add more instrumentation and somehow make the songs sparser and even more emotionally affecting.
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