Majestic Rainbow

 

One could be excused for thinking the A Low Hum label has become a little bit incestuous, but it’s Blink’s infectious ear for pop music that sees him releasing another EP by Wellington’s Red Steers. The label is now home to seven artists, all with very close ties. Members of Over The Atlantic, Signer, Secret Knives and Red Steers have all performed, co-written or played live with one another, some still do.

Red Steers’ second five-track EP titled The Fever Fold will be officially released on Monday, April 26, but in the mean time you can enjoy an exclusive preview of ‘Night Hawkes’, the EP’s third track. Fans of Johnston’s first EP Lugaluga Lagoon (free download here) will notice an instant change in tempo, style and intensity. The Fever Fold is a more mature record further advancing his already experimental sound, adding pre-recorded samples, layered vocals and tumbling drum beats. The result is a more melodic, repetitious sound, mixing high pitched squeals and long drawn out tribal sequences with inter looping drum beats and a muddy electronic forcefield. With plenty of pop hooks and tonnes of bouncy beats, The Fever Fold is one of the most perfectly formed releases of the year.

The first single from The Fever Fold, titled ‘Canoe’, can be download for free from the A Low Hum website.

 Red Steers- Night Hawkes: MP3

Red Steers- Myspace

 

Posted by Nick Fulton under New Zealand, Wellington
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