With his first release on The Glass Reservoir Record, Benjamin Shaw has given us something rather special: Half an hour of slapped, strangled and sweetly caressed tape-hiss. Sometimes, good things come from claustrophobic summers.
- A Dramatic Title
- Trouble at Mill
- Onions in Yer Eyes
- Oh Jesus, Close the Curtains
- Ms. Chlorphenamine
- Oh Jesus, Shut the Blinds
- All Meithered, Me
- Milk
Reviews:
Right Where You Are Sitting Now: “…a challenge to the array of tedious, predictable piano ballads, TV On The Radio wannabes and ululating, beatific fakes that are seemingly everywhere you turn.”
DJ Cull: “This is definitely an album that rewards solitariness – listen to it staring out the window of a train, or alone in a dimly lit room, and immerse yourself in the world that Shaw has created.”
Gold Flake Paint: “…All the while the music hints at some great feeling of joy, so nearly celebratory and jubilant, and by virtue of being that close to a feeling of total bliss, instead it becomes heart-wrenching.”
Norman Records: “A splendid mix of discordant electronica and broken acoustics that both soothes and unnerves at the same time.”
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