06 Aug 2012 — Henning Lahmann
Not every split LP in recent years made sense, and for a four-way instalment you would think there would need to be a real, pressing urgency, or at least a common, overarching theme. Now though we cannot be sure what the initial concept behind
The Statement LP was or was supposed to be, we can confirm that by judging from the four tracks you may listen to below, it all sounds delightfully and indeed sufficiently coherent. That joint efforts by NFOP favorites
Ela Orleans and
Dirty Beaches add up just fine
has been proven before, and the other two showcased here, lo-fi veterans
US Girls and
Slim Twig, who by the way also already
went down split release avenue, neatly fall in line. This isn't necessarily all of one and the same genre here, be it garage or psych pop or whatever - and the piece by Dirty Beaches even expands into sonic territory that not only escapes the overall "pop" feel, but is moreover of an experimental playfulness long unheard of Montréal's finest. But after all it's the overall feel that lets
The Statement LP become a brilliant, essential survey of contemporary leftfield underground pop, presented by four artists that have time and again proven their unrivalled shtick for sonic artistry beyond any shallow trends and hypes. And that is what we love them for.
The
Statement LP is out August 10 on
Clan Destine Records. Pre-order now
over here. Limited edition of 500.
