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The Present

by Expedient Self

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"Ok, Yeah I admit it, I've never listened to the Durutti Column!!? ... but if I imagined what it would sound like it'd be like this brand spanking new Expedient Self EP. It's even available on CD for a reasonable price!!! ... not on a CD-r either ... with artwork. I did enjoy the Durutti Column's idea of housing one's LP in a sheet of sandpaper, all carefully glued together by the lads from Joy Division, so as to f*** up the other albums you stored in the C-E section of your meagre record collection. Amusingly they never expected that we would house it in a protective plastic cover! No such innovation occurs here however, strictly Kranky-esque ambient album style artwork that seems to move as one looks at it, like drifting cloud formations through the foliage of a tree grasping for more Carbon dioxide.

There's that insular quality which pervades most of Bandcamp, lost among the hordes of wannabes, and ignored geniuses who are slowly devaluing music further by the sheer quantity of the stuff. Even the innovative things get dragged into the soup, so every now and again one must dangle the hook into the murky looking liquid and pull out a plum. I feel that this is one of those occasions, and whisper it loudly in the ear of any mildly interested parties, who may play it at a mildly interesting slumber party one day....bouche à oreille, as they whisper in France."

- Die or D.I.Y.?

"‘Skinner Box‘ is … a mesmerising track that revolves around both jangly and anxious parts that lock together creating something quite unnerving, but somehow pleasant on the ear. ‘Skinner Box’ has an unsettling side to it that becomes more and more apparent towards the middle of the track, but the more uptempo melodies calm the track in places. It’s a unique piece of music and its intricacies become more and more apparent with each and every listen."

- Mix It All Up

"Strange is also a word that applies to [the] music. As no instruments are mentioned, I go by what I believe to hear, which [are] guitars, field recordings and few electronics. I am not sure what to make of this."

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Recorded between May and September 2020.

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released November 13, 2020

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Expedient Self Brighton, UK

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