Pablo's Eye - Everything She Wants Grows Blue (Swim)

It's rare to find A) an album that actually carries the sleeve note "use of headphones is recommended" and B) a new release from long-term sound collage artists Pablo's Eye. This new offering - yet more quality from the Swim label - is not a million miles away from the trio GOL, last spotted on China Records covering Art of Noise and sounding like a '90s 4AD version of Propaganda.

All tracks on Everything She Wants Grows Blue merge into one seamless chill out or rather chiller, some of the sounds are certainly mined from horror and high tension soundtrack material. But the finished product - ranging from soft drum & bass with sensitive female vocal narration ('The Episodic Nature of Life') to spooky ambient orchestricks with backwards vocals ('The Adjuster') is definitely worth checking out. Strange to note the inclusion of Celtic strings - proving to be the perfect accompaniment to post-club, post-dance beats. Stand-out tracks are the hypnotic 'A Sermon on the Radio' and 'That Night Together With Her' - which sum up all the albums good points in one five minute session. 8/10


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