Great release this, and it was a tussle to either nominate this, or the equally excellent ‘Disco Lights’ on the flip. Anyway, while all three tracks definitely sound like they were recorded at the same session, it’s this one that goes out on a limb a little bit more than the others. Blake Baxter’s vocals are characteristically tantalising, and to think this came out in 2004! If ever a track was of this time and place, then here we are. What makes me laugh is that “Sonar, what happened?” is said in the exact same year as when I made my only visit to the festival, which was excellent. Having said that, I went the next four years but just partied at the ridiculous amount of beach events that make up the “Off”. I suppose this came out during a particularly fertile period for minimal, a lot of which was awful; but the words are prescient, and while they may sound like an old man yelling at clouds, are relevant.
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