Title: Widowbait EP
Artist: Bleaching Agent
Label: Ransom Note
Cat Number: R$N46
Genre: Danceable
1: Cahoots
2: Widowbait
3: Of Now But Not
4: Widowbait (DJ Subaru Remix)
Interesting release this. ‘Cahoots’ gets the ball rolling. It’s a mucky piece of guitar led disco with a reptilian vocal. Occupying the middle ground between rock and chug, it’s followed by the title track, which feels like some sort of synthetic country and western. There’s harmonicas in there innit. It also reminds me uncannily of that track ‘Poison Lips’ by Vitalic. It doesn’t really sound anything like it, but that was the first thing that came into my head. “It’s a funny old game Saint”. “That’s football Greavsie”. Anyway, ‘Widowbait’ is much more laid back. The remix by DJ Subaru is a much denser and dubby version, and will definitely be popular on the more discerning dance floors. The press release mentions ALFOS so I don’t have to. Listening to ‘Of Now But Not’ feels a bit strange. It’s production is much cleaner than the other tracks, and it’s that little bit more uptempo, usiing classic Detroit style string samples over a riff with similar provenance, it’s a bit of an outlier here, but no less excellent. All in all, a package that is more than worth your while and one in which each track not only keeps you on your toes, but makes you think. Which is always good.
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