title:

greetings from...

label:

static caravan recordings, bearos records, fortuna pop!, pickled egg records, where it's at is where you are

format:

cd

release date:

06.06

tracks:

traces

"static caravan really need no introduction to these pages, aside fat cat records they have been probably the most consistent label around at the moment providing a spring board for some of the finest bands to be found briefly taking up residence in the racks of local record emporiums - tunng, shady bard, fortdax, my electric love affair and d_rradio have all at some point in the recent memory made their tentative first steps for birmingham’s finest. showcased here are the pre-season quartet featuring both names you should know and names you will come to know shortly. the ridiculously prolific cheju (wil bolton) is first out of the blocks with 'traces'. taken from his recent ultra limited 'a rainy mile' set this little electronic nugget with its spatial awareness and crafted collage of whirrs and clicks is a slice of poised enigmatic electro pop - or in other words lilting lullaby tuneage for kitchen appliances. next up darren hayman - former front man of hefner (themselves currently the subject of two superb retrospectives) can be found these days splitting duties between track and field and static caravan, the latter having the benefit of his limited series of holiday seven inches. '8 bit world' is taken from the second in the series, the 'ukulele' one, a paean to a pre digital / pre internet world laced throughout with an inspired simplicity and turn of hook providing proof indeed he’s lost none of his song writing humour or edge. ylid is bristol based musician rob lyons who to date has had several releases find their home on some of the most crucial outlets about including cactus island, sutemos and awkward silence. 'i stole you' has an unerring curious passion to it that reminded me initially of a cross between tex la homa and early minotaur shock, liberally textured and sparsely arranged for all its erstwhile chill like aspect its proves to be a rather warming treat. with their debut release on the horizon and sure to sell out in record time and become the next must have acquisition via ebay garden sees the return of simian’s simon lord, 'between the devil and the deep blue sea' sounds like love on seriously bad acid, think of a less flowery and more psychedelicised circulus and then some more." - losing today, 07.06