‘New Music: Oliver Spalding ‘Reverse Hurt’
OLIVER SPALDING RELEASES FINAL TRACK ‘REVERSE HURT’ FROM DEBUT EP
‘UNFURL’ IS OUT NEXT FRIDAY VIA MONOTREME RECORDS
‘Escapist pop at it’s greatest’ The Line of Best Fit ‘Twilight alt-folk with a sense of the poetic’ Clash
‘A sensual and futuristic……a ghostly temptation’ Nothing But Hope & Passion
‘Reverse Heart’
Brighton-based Oliver Spalding’s debut EP ‘Unfurl’ is a huge, ambitious statement of intent. The 21 year-old’s soulful voice aches with the emotion and craft of one at least twice his age, whether soaring over synthetic walls of sound, or pitched down to a low siren against soft electronic drones. ‘Unfurl’ is out November 17th worldwide on Monotreme Records.
Carefully scaled up from abstract ideas with producer Ed Tullett, Spalding’s first release showcases his haunting vocal amid a sparkling web of shimmering synthesisers and broken pianos, one moment grand and intricate, the next modest and intimate. Both ‘Hiraeth’ and the magnificently epic single ‘Epoch’ reverberate with Spalding’s powerful, felt desire and despair, whilst ‘Unfurl’ creeps slowly to a labyrinth of staggered synths. Here, latest track ‘Reverse Hurt’ twists and turns between eerie hums and glistening peaks:
‘This song explains itself a little better than the others! It’s mainly about guilt and wishing a relationship would start at the worst point and eventually crescendo with the best! A full on daydream ending with the moment you first met bathed in subtle euphoria and underlying heartache.’ Oliver Spalding
EP Tracklisting
1. Hiraeth
2. Unfurl
3. Reverse Hurt
4. Epoch
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