Just one listen to the first track of the Preface EP on Graveface Records and it feels just like 1991 again. The promo's description of 'space pop' is very fitting; it's a shoegazing pastiche and no mistake. It's no surprise, therefore, that Christian Savill, once of shoegazing pioneers Slowdive, is one half of the group. Its follow-up 'Nobody Sees' is more like country music for the future, or to take another slant, Mercury Rev via a vocoder. The second half of the EP is taken up by the 'Ellipsis' suite from Dreamend. The approach falls into the wall of sound category but instead of drawn out 10-minute epics it is delivered in three smaller, easily digestible parts, each boasting their own independent melody. A fine seventeen-minute appetiser that leaves the listener thirsting for more from this fledgling record label.
Just one listen to the first track of the Preface EP on Graveface Records and it feels just like 1991 again. The promo's description of 'space pop' is very fitting; it's a shoegazing pastiche and no mistake. It's no surprise, therefore, that Christian Savill, once of shoegazing pioneers Slowdive, is one half of the group. Its follow-up 'Nobody Sees' is more like country music for the future, or to take another slant, Mercury Rev via a vocoder. The second half of the EP is taken up by the 'Ellipsis' suite from Dreamend. The approach falls into the wall of sound category but instead of drawn out 10-minute epics it is delivered in three smaller, easily digestible parts, each boasting their own independent melody. A fine seventeen-minute appetiser that leaves the listener thirsting for more from this fledgling record label.
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