Quilt – Plaza

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:50:04 +0000

Quilt’s latest album Plaza is such a varied patchwork of multi layered folk, Americana, twiddling psych and choral music that at times I had to flick back to check I was still listening to the same band. Evoking a sound of campestral serendipity and tawny shimmer, it’s a sharply executed album that reeks of wanderlust that stays rooted at its core in catchy riffs and appealing melodies. Seamless windswept blossoming on Elliot Street follows autumnal tumult on Roller, whilst Searching For is a lush sixties infused pop ditty and O’Connor’s Barn hints at influences from Warpaint and Waxahatchee. Threadbare but buoyant, there’s a feeling of happen stance in its felicity and sentiment, a quelled sense of exploration as the day rolls by and the road opens up.
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2310404761/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/
Originally published in London In Stereo.

London In Stereo – The Bots – Pink Palms

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:04:00 +0000

A frantic fuzz pot of a debut from LA duo The Bots. An African- American-Asian heritage, a record collection of reggae, blues, and garage rock, an A-Z of talent (well, Damon Albarn to Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner) and tender age (Mikajah is twenty and Anaiah Lei seventeen) have all served the siblings well. Contagious and unrestrained, it blends old-school jams with youthful vibrancy, garage rock with a blues-soaked soul, pop beats with clattering drums, all on a crushing writhe of tunes. For the most part clattering, bouncy and fun, there are still moments of twitchy introversion delivered with teenage cool. It’s the sound of two kids growing through music, and packs a powerful punch.
http://issuu.com/londoninstereo/docs/november2014/34?e=6885284/9878908

London In Stereo – and so she thinks

Quilt – Plaza

London In Stereo – The Bots – Pink Palms