Hockeysmith “Now I Want To”

03 Jul 2013 — Henry Schiller

Hockeysmith are two young sisters who weave medleys of idiosyncratic guitar and ethereal vocals into taught, Brueghelian landscapes. Rather than occupy some majestic dreamworld, the Hockeysmith sisters live in a caravan park in Cornwall, England. This makes perfect sense; there is certainly something very grounded and very quaint about their otherwise mystifying music. The duo's first track, "Now I Want To" sounds like the ultimate degeneration of Cocteau Twins-style dream pop. Something inchoate and charming in a sinister, even nightmarish way.