Bleep

Actor and musician Keeley Forsyth delivers a set of striking avant-songs on her debut LP Debris. This is a record which plays out like a Gothic and ornate song-suite, one in which Forsyth’s wracked, quavering vocal style provides the central point of reference. Much of the music here is a slow-motion take on chamber pop, one where baroque instrumentation is stretched out to create murky, moody soundscapes - although the widescreen synth-pop of closer ‘Start Again’ is one of a couple of stylistic outliers here. It all comes together to make a haunting and hugely moving work, one which recalls the ambitious balladry of late-period Scott Walker.