Today marks the release of my long time friend and all time side kick's first album - A turnstile increase. I had no expectations for the outcome of their project but after listening to the tracks, I was not surprised that each three and half (on average) track is quintessentially Jacob Stockings. 'Thrum my mind up' shuffles and buzzes like a drunken drone and sets an uneasy tone to which 'Impression one' settles you. Tape loop murmurs and raw piano recordings are elegant and somniferous. The title of 'Shifting into you' instantly made me think of Bridget St John "I'm moving on / to you" from 'Song to keep you company', but in listening to the track, the two couldn't be more different. Forget folk, this track is fucking hardcore. Heavily gated influxes of noise create the impression of somebody gasping for air or life, the chimes injecting hope, almost Arca-esque. A figurative message for speech and it's stammers, perhaps. Then in 'SuperSunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday' some classic formant, something which usually makes me go woi but in this case the strings and sincere speech of mr.football commentator have me at the edge of my seat, again for 'how gorgeous it is' to bring me back to my recline, all tucked in. That is the nature of this eight track debut, you get shown love and warmth and then it pulls it away from you, testing you, making you feel solitary, and then you're taken back in, wrapped up. I could listen to this ornament forever, you can listen to it
here.
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