Title: Descent
Artist: Carl Finlow
Label: Craigie Knowes
Cat Number: CKNOWEP24
Genre: Electro
A1: Descent
A2: Undertones
B1: Cascade
B2: Displaced
In which Carl Finlow goes down a route paved with portentousness and foreboding. It’s a great record because of its precision and atmosphere. The pervasive feeling that drama is wrapped around every beat; the claustrophobic, drenched domain that, conversely feels flexible and illusory is suspenseful and stirring. ‘Descent’ feels like the background to a cold war caper playing out in a park under gaslight to which you have an uninterrupted view. ‘Undertones’ deals in similar currency and is distinguished by a double-barreled mini synth explosion which propels it along like a metallic fart. ‘Cascade’ breaks ranks tempo-wise, dabbling in the same capaciousness but with more insect menace, while ‘Displaced’ is a sparse, delicate, otherworldly glide.
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