Arthr – Vast Amounts of Yesterday EP
Arthr - Vast Amounts of Yesterday EP
Release Date: Out Now
I don’t really know what Arthr
but he/it is one of my favourite things at the moment so I’m just going to jump
in and hang the consequences. The Plymouth based artist works in both the
visual and audio metiers and they come together beautifully on this new three
track EP. ‘Vast Amounts of Yesterday’ bursts in to life with ‘Shrinking Violet’,
a track hung around a tense little guitar riff and pulsing beat that soon blossoms
in to the kind of tune that gives you energy, focus and a real sense of being
in the here and now. The only other time I’ve really come across this type of
energy within music is with Belgian outfit Goose so this is high end stuff from
my point of view. The goodest of the good shit.
On ‘Butterflies in a Gale’, Arthr
heads towards a more cinematic and avantgarde approach with sinister 80s synths
and snippets of sampled speech giving this the feel of something somewhere
between Gilbert, Lemon Jelly and Giorgio Moroder doing a score for the stage version
of Terminator. The third act, if you will, comes in the form of ‘Leading
Somewhere’ which has a sense of emerging from the rubble after something
approaching an apocalypse. The pulsing synths and ice-cool beats are infused
with hope but also a very real sense of appreciating the task at hand of
rebuilding humanity and society – that’s a lot to pack in to a sub-four minute
electro track. There’s an animated film to accompany the opening track which
features the cartoon alter-ego of Arthr which shows his visual talents alongside
the audio genius. It’s the real deal, the full package and, dare I say it, one
to watch AND listen to.
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