“I wrote the EP in between moving house, I started the tracks in my old flat & finished them in my new houses. After living & spending a lot of time in Manchester, I decided that it wasn’t for me. I moved back to a small town in Derbyshire where I grew up & this EP kind of reflects my journey.”
Swooning pads set the scene for opener “Someone,” cut against plangent vocals and a stuttering breakbeat and humming sub bass, title track “Transient” goes deeper with more lush yet desolate polyphony and strident percussive rhythms. “Contact” strikes a more intimate and hopeful mood – repitched chords and dubbed out vocals allied to gentle jazzy percussion, while “Falling” brings the listeners journey to an end with a spectral lullaby, emotive descending pads punctured with glassy drum claps.
A1. Someone
A2. Transient
B1. Contact
B2. Falling
John Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game and record reviews, conducted in-depth hardware field testing, and analyzed digital media monetization trends. His work prioritizes first-hand evaluation and long-term product testing.
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