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“We have pretty big boots to fill,” Paul G. McIver trills on the buoyant ‘Fizzle’, and y’know what? He’s not far wrong. Belfast has been a veritable conveyor-belt for electronic-indie acts in recent times, and high-calibre ones at that. The second release from five-piece Morning Claws is a munificent six-track EP, largely consisting of joyous Utopian synth-pop sounds. The instantaneous ‘Fight For Your Friends’ does feel slightly incongruent, with its curious blend of hazy-yet-at-times-piercing guitar, a stark but by no means unpleasant contrast to what follows; ‘A Great Distance’ has a gentle, aqueous feel, ‘Violet To Green’ climaxes with engaging male/female vocal harmonies. The stand-out, however, is ‘Goodbye Moodkill’, a gorgeously mellifluous number lined with bitter-sweet lyrics, and one can only hope this collection reveals just the tip of a sugar-coated iceberg. Iain McDowell
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KEY TRACKS: ‘A GREAT DISTANCE’, ‘GOODBYE MOODKILL’.
FOR FANS OF: BEACH HOUSE, MERCURY REV, OPPENHEIMER.
