Cat: ZEN 294IN. Rel: 9 Oct 23
Experimental/Electronic
Side 1 - Track 1. XWX |
Side 1 - Track 2. Sulky Baby |
Side 1 - Track 3. Softscars |
Side 1 - Track 4. 4ui12 |
Side 1 - Track 5. Ghosts |
Side 1 - Track 6. Dazies |
Side 2 - Track 1. Fish In The Pool |
Side 2 - Track 2. Software Update |
Side 2 - Track 3. Inferno |
Side 2 - Track 4. Bloodbunny |
Side 2 - Track 5. Cyber Meat |
Side 2 - Track 6. Aphex Twin Flame |
On their third LP, British-Singaporean singer-songwriter Nat Cmiel is moving in a new direction - not only with a move from Bayonet Records to Ninja Tune, but also favouring a guitar-led indie rock sound, a departure from the critically acclaimed 'Serotonin II' and Danny L Harle produced 'Glitch Princess'. Lead single 'sulky baby' is a bright affair, distorted guitars circling Yeule's brand of gloomy lyrics sang with a smile. 'dazies' gets off the mark with a killer electric guitar lead, giving way to a plucked ambience with a computerised Nat ringing off a word association of a person kicked to the curb. When Kin Leonn isn't working their production magic, Yeule's self-production breaks the space. 'fish in the pool' is an ambient piano interlude with light-as-a-feather vocal adlibs, something that wouldn't be out of place in a Studio Ghibli production.