Last Magpie - No More Stories EP

  • Share
  • Hypercolour's Losing Suki sublabel continues to impress in 2012, with Last Magpie's EP arguably even stronger than Jack Dixon's effort from earlier in the year. A quick scouring of the interweb turns up precious little about the producer's background, but a Soundcloud page reveals that he/she is "into making lot's [sic] of music and not sticking to anything that drag's [sic] me into a genre. If I like it I'll steal it!!!" If genre-sidestepping is one of the principal aims, a damn good job they've done too. With more than a touch of bump & flex about it, "No More Stories" may be significantly darker in tone than its garage-dwelling cousins from the turn of the century, but it certainly follows a similar route. From the Game Boy-ish bleeps to the squeaky, lovelorn vocal, it superbly conveys a real sense of nostalgia, enhanced and made all the more emotional by a huge, rumbling bass drop straight out of the 2-step glory days. Things get progressively housier but no less interesting over the course of the next three tracks. "U See" is enthusiastically bouncy and fast-paced with a crunchy lead line and loopy vocals, still maintaining a vague whiff of the 2-step flaunt but within a definite 4/4 structure. "Get You Thinkin" is dreamily waifish; a beautiful but indistinct stream of delicate elements, held down by a powerful sub. Wrapping things up is "Leeds Syndrome." Firm drums and a distant male vocal are all you have for company until some dubby, echoed stabs momentarily shed light on the increasingly dark path ahead.
  • Tracklist
      A No More Stories B1 Leeds Syndrome B2 U See
RA