DUSK

Floating in on a hazy warm subtle breeze, the songs from Dusk move as effortlessly as the bits of dust splintered by the afternoon sunlight, dancing around me like audible hallucinations that have momentarily captured a transparent form, and then are just as quickly, wisped away. The album arrived like a postcard from the ether, just as October was inching its way into my being, with afternoon shadows stretching out into an undefined vastness. Dusk is by no means a stylistic edition to what the band has previously laid down, Dusk is a slow ebbing adventure of intoxicating fluid movements, simplistic jangling guitars, and woozy lysergic lyrics that hint at a historic past, yet refuse to be recognized, leaving me to suggest that this may very well be Ultimate Painting’s finest hour of sleepy psych that will enter your brain and never leave … a stoner’s delight, an effortless climax, a disembodied breath in your ear, filled with half remembered low sung memories that may or may not have ever existed. Dusk is a curious journey into an atmosphere of stillness, one that will define a time and place in your life, one that you’ll return to again and again, if for no other reason than to recapture the moment you first heard these songs, and to remember the feel of the person you laid next to as this album wove its way into your soul. Review by Jenell Kesler

On their 2nd album, this London duo plays subtly addictive pop music that rings with a quietly sparkling, beautifully resonant simplicity. These are songs that caress the inner self with bright & lively echo-trebly guitar notes, gorgeous perfect-pitch vocal harmonies, and stellar hooks tucked away in melodies you wish would go on forever. Production is clean, crisp and warm; and the band plays as though completely immersed in the moment. Members have played in Veronica Falls and Mazes. Recalls artists like Twerps, Luna, Tranquility, Almost Charlie, Teenage Fanclub, Simon & Garfunkel, Fleet Foxes. “Dusk” is guaranteed to massage your ears with lovingly hypnotic pop songs. A true grower. Recommended.

James Hoare es, sin duda, uno de los compositores más prolíficos del indiepop actual. Va a disco por año con este su más reciente grupo, y ya van tres álbumes. Tampoco deja de sacar discos con su otro proyecto activo actual, THE PROPER ORNAMENTS, de hecho, cae nuevo álbum para enero de 2017. Y seguro que pronto retoma VERONICA FALLS, ojalá! Pues bien, en este ‘Dusk’, publicado como los otros dos por el sello americano Trouble In Mind, tenemos diez preciosas gemas de pop de guitarras brillantes, melodías aterciopeladas y atmósferas que recuerdan a una mezcla entre THE CLIENTELE, THE AUTEURS o la faceta más narcótica de THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. Junto a Jack Cooper (MAZES), se muestra como un hábil artesano construyendo medios tiempos con una extraordinaria sensibilidad pop, sin cambiar la fórmula de sus otros dos discos, ni falta que le hace: ritmos kraut-pop, líneas simples pero efectivas de bajo, y arpegios de guitarras llenas de trémolos, elaborando unas atmósferas de dulce psicodelia que les va como anillo al dedo. Además, el disco se lo han grabado ellos mismos en el piso del propio James, con la ayuda a la batería de Melissa Rigby. Mis favoritas: 1. A portrait of Jason. 2. Bills. 3. I can’t run anymore.

Great chill out music, relaxing and melodic. Highly recommended.

Good music. The pressing isnt the best quality compared to other famous bands and their vinyls but the music is good

It's fantastic