Rating: 70
Genre: Ambient Steam-Punk
There's a certain theatricality, that I suppose is inherent in most ambient and electronic music. However, given that half of Grasscut is British television and film composer Andrew Phillips, it makes double-sense (if that's a term I can use.) The other half of the band from Brighton, England is keyboardist/classically trained double bassist Marcus O'Dair. This is the sophomore release for the British duo.
Inspired by Krafterk, Devo and Robert Wyatt; and critics comparing them to Hot Chip, Eluvium and Max Richter, they're a little hard to pin down. I think you might be able to spawn the sound by crossing Crosby Stills and Nash with early Pink Floyd, then letting it mature for about 30 years.
Although not drawing a lot of reviewers, those that weighed in were universally positive. And although I may be toward the lower end of that spectrum, I have to say that my overall feeling is also very positive.
- The wistful piano of Blink In The Night (East Coker Version).
- Stone Lions is perhaps the most easily accessible song on the album.
- The juxtaposition of the keyboards against the gorgeous strings in A Mysterious Disappearance.
- Sparse and beautiful Richardson Road (with a guest appearance from Robert Wyatt) The opening vocal reminds me of Al Jarreau
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