Now Is A Long Time - the second album by London-based electronic rock duo
Otzeki - begins with the simple grace of a cats and boots beat, and like Orpheus, the album never looks back from there. Building upon the folksy introspection and acoustic lure of their peculiarly brilliant debut album Binary Childhood, cousins Joel Roberts and Michael Sharp have re-worked their sound on Now Is A Long Time to be an even deeper, fuller immersion into their chthonic and seedy shuffle.
From the first track, the duo let the floodgates open as their swirling electronic swagger swallows the LP whole. The record migrates from the dusty Burial beats of opener âShy Sooo Shyâ to the mesmeric, drifting eastern twang of âSweet Sunshineâ, before collapsing into the oneiric summer- time daze of âAnother Sonâ, all the while guitarist Sharpâs coaxing vocals float through like a phantom presence.