Bleep

Finlay Shakespeare returns to Editions Mego for his latest (and potentially last) LP. Imagistic, burningly honest lyrics wrest visions of life from the progressive electronic palettes of Directions Out Of Town, rendered in speeding synth-pop songs that blur the lines between catchy hooks, punchy electro rhythms, and synthetic abstraction. Sharp trumpeting arrangements surround the thunking plucks and impassioned vocals of ‘Away’, a contrast between playfulness and the record’s theme of personal loss that reappears on tracks like ‘I Go for a Walk’, with whirring, whizzing crushes of drums and vocals amplified by gurgling distortion.