Brighton-based breaks wizard Etch returns to Sneaker Social Club next month with the ‘Anachronism’ EP.
Marking five years since his debut on the label, and three since his landmark debut LP Ups & Downs , Etch’s new four-tracker for the label is a masterclass in subtle beat science and atmosphere. Where last year’s ‘Strange Day’s LP for SEAGRAVE was a high-def exploration of cinematic soundscapes and enveloping rhythms, spotlighting the versatility in Etch’s talents, this latest outing relishes in precision and hypnotic minimalism. Nimble beats and breaks invoke the likes of Photek and Paradox, who released a new EP on Sneaker just last month, while eerie keys and spoken samples invoke the haunting atmospheres of Cristoph de Babalon.
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Whilst I wanted more from this album as their other two have shown off their talents (and they really are talented) in different and exciting ways, you can’t knock the solidity of it. It’s a rock album more gentle than most of AC/DC but has tracks like
Wild Child with Tom Morello (yup, Rage Against the Machine Tom Morello) which quench the thirst for the deeper, flirty rock the Struts have mastered.
Overall,
Strange Days is not what I wanted, but what I got was something I’m still happy to belt out loud to, especially
All Dressed Up (With Nowhere To Go) as I dance in the uni kitchen in my abandoned boat party clothes.