Born of their shoegaze-obsessive club night at The Social in London, record label Sonic Cathedral has already released plenty of intriguing material but Dead Mellotron's new album Glitter might be the best yet. Ditching the showy complexity of some post-rock, Dead Mellotron go straight for the heart. Straightforwardly soaring riffs and unfussy atmospherics dominate, especially on the opening Stranger, a sun-drenched climb to a spacey comedown on the other side. With John Frazier's vocals barely audible, it's a little like Explosions In The Sky without the guitar frippery, a record to get lost in with just enough melodic directness to stir the senses when needed. Proving, as ever, that keeping it simple is often the best policy.
Stranger by Dead Mellotron - listen on Spotify here.
From: Glitter (2012)
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