Charles Murdoch - Weathered Straight EP

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  • On Weathered Straight (likely to be the only cosmic R&B/future garage EP from an Australian indie-rocker you'll hear this month) what Charles Murdoch lacks in innovation he makes up for by delivering four sweet-natured, downbeat vocal numbers. "Why" indulges in too much Burialism on its womb-like vocals, but its half-march of loping beats and throbbing melody just about holds your attention. On "Dekire," he mixes Machinedrum-style synths with soupy, sundown electronica, á la Washed Out. "Light Words VAO" is a rather too brief bout of ambient dream pop, before the pitch-shifted vocals and whiffs of chillwave return on "No Lungs." As a first foray into electronica, Weathered Straight is just shy of promising, but there's enough here to suggest that if Murdoch finds his voice, he could head somewhere interesting.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Why A2 Dekire Feat. Oscar Key-Sung B1 Light Words Vao Feat. Steffaloo B2 No Lungs
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