- Mister Woo is said to be a new "techno-hybrid" collaboration from Portsmouth producers Reset Robot, Jon Gurd and Tom Powell. But the title track from their debut record, Black Eyes, is a sighing piece of slo-mo electro pop, which is given a homespun air by the very English, Karl Hyde-ish vocal ("Come in from the rain it's pissing down outside / I'll make the tea, just get yourself dry").
A pair of shorter, harsher-sounding cuts follow. "Afterlife" is the EP's only instrumental track, and hits on a claustrophobic, seasick feel through searing drones and a swaying pattern of high keys. "Divy" is abstract and equally woozy, and comes off more as an experimental interlude. Alan Fitzpatrick's "Loft Rocker Rework" of "Black Eyes" is the EP standout. Unashamedly big, it improves on the original's pleasantly contemplative ambience with hands-in-the-air arps, snappy percussion and echoing vocal interjections.
TracklistA1 Black Eyes
A2 After Life
A3 Divy
B1 Black Eyes (Alan Fitzpatrick's Loft Rocker Rework)