Artist : Simon Scott
Album : Bunny
Year : 2011
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 227kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 40m
Size : 68.96mb
Label : Miasmah
Catalognr : MIACD017
Tracklist:
01. AC Waters 3:29
02. Betty 4:32
03. Labano 6:11
04. Radiances 8:30
05. Black Western Lights 4:23
06. Honeymoon 5:16
07. Gamma 4:05
08. Drilla 3:57
Releasenotes:
Cambridge-based Simon Scott might still be best known for his tenure as the
backbone of influential shoegazers Slowdive, but after his debut solo effort
'Navigare' in 2009, he showed that there was far more to his oeuvre than people
might have thought. With an ease and fluidity that eschews the usual trappings
of the genre, he injected Slowdive's free-flowing bliss into the kind of
blackened soundscapes the Miasmah label has made its calling card and gave the
sound a rich, multi-layered quality that was effortlessly enticing. 'Bunny' is
Scott's sophomore long player, and sees the multi-instrumentalist growing in
confidence as he takes on a plethora of themes and ideas and distills them into
a coherent, well-defined narrative.
The overall premise of the record is apparent from the very beginning, and might
surprise some with its inspired take on the blackened jazz and smokey Americana
heard in 'Paris, Texas' or 'Mulholland Dr.'. It would do Scott a disservice to
simply label the music as 'Lynchian' however, his success is to treat the layers
of instrumentation (drums, guitars, cello, synthesizers) with a masterful
fluidity, allowing the influences to melt into a delicate and delectable whole.
There is an underlying surreal seam however, which erupts through ever part of
'Bunny', beginning with its very odd title. The juxtaposition of the pitch-black
humour gives an unnerving mood to the tracks which only emphasizes the
blues-flecked dread of the record itself. Occasionally Scott acknowledges his
shoegazing past, nudging the sound towards the blurred haze of his former band,
but even these moments are cavernous enough for us to imagine them oozing from a
Midwestern jukebox in an abandoned suburban diner. 'Bunny' is an ambitious and
daring journey for an artist who refuses to stay still; and it might just be the
best road trip you've never takenà
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