Yours Truly
is this what i lo-fi? – UNFD Records
It’s a certainty that you can’t judge a book by a cover, or an album by its title, but the lowercase presentation of the new Yours Truly EP is this what i lo-fi? is a good indication of the sound contained within. A dreamy reimagining of their seven-tracker is this what i look like? released in the summer, it reworks those boisterous tunes in a more emotive fashion, but they’re no less expressive. The yin and yang, these two EP’s make perfect companions, yet they’re markedly different and these low fidelity interpretations bring a delicacy to the fore that was swept away on the swirling originals. I’m picking up a definite American Football vibe on songs such as ‘Careless Kind’ with guitars that paint small pools of light and hypnotic beats which make a beeline to your memory bank. Similarly, ‘If You’re Drowning (I’ll Learn How To Hold My Breath)’ brings its Far Eastern flourishes to the fore and presents the song in a whole new light. If is this what i look like? was made for a raucous Saturday night then this EP is best savoured on a bleary-eyed Sunday morning.
Review by Peter Dennis