Leon of Athens – Xenos
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| Leon Of Athens - Xenos |
Release Date: Out Now
As a list of influences go,
Talking Heads, Fugazi, Nick Drake, Brian Eno, Velvet Underground and Diego
Maradona is a pretty eclectic and eccentric list. It’s also a list that could
never have been compiled by an Englishman – no Englishman would cite Maradona
as an influence when trying to describe the music they create. Anyway, that’s
all by the by, Leon of Athens (the compiler of said list) has a new single out
by the name of ‘Xenos’ and, well, it starts as a lo-fi piece of alt-pop based
on a lone pulse and some subdued vocals. Then comes the sexy guitar riff and
shuffling beat that is as itchy as it is urgent. There’s some light relief in
the floaty chorus but in general this song exists on nervous energy and a sense
of unease that is hard to shake off even when the time runs out and this four-minute
beast builds to an abrupt crescendo. Intriguing, for sure, like a mysterious
figure in the shadows – intriguing but unnerving.
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