JOSIENNE CLARKE AND BEN WALKER The Birds EP (2017 UK strictly limited edition 6-track 12" vinyl EP comprising a suite of six songs that explore the themes of migration and departure. These are songs of autumn and shorter days, of flying south and the first feelings of early winter. It is deliberately dark and melancholic and ever so slightly sinister in places. In contrast to the full band-sound so exquisitely captured on their 2016 album 'Overnight#, Josienne and Ben chose to recordin a minimalist way using only instruments that they could play in Ben's basement home studio. It also allowed Ben the opportunity to experiment with Moog and drum machine rendering the songs with a subtle electronic texture. The vinyl looks barely played within the picture sleeve with the lyric printed inner) more...
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