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Silkandcustard Album: Footsteps
Label: Self Released
Tracks: 4
Website: https://www.silkandcustard.com/
Silkandcustard (yes, it's one word) are a contemporary folk duo based in Yorkshire. This is their debut EP. Recorded much better than many first attempts with the voices right up against your ear, on the first song Quicksand, and just acoustic guitar, before a middle section where strings and a spikey electric guitar join in to add to the sense of unease in the words which they describe as "a bittersweet song of loss and longing for an unending better understanding love.". "Don't let it turn to quicksand and swallow me whole." The Xylophone chimes at the end are a particularly effective touch.
I Don't Wanna Talk continues the theme with a song of "loss of a love through lack of understanding of ones needs." Simpler in construction just voices and guitars. 'Fade To Grey is a "raw break up ode to heartache and ultimate self-doubt." They have built a slightly discordant soundscape for this song, which once again underlines the heart wrenching lyric. The electric guitar chords, and big drums are especially effective.
Final song, Trace of You, is an acoustic piece, musing on the passing of time. The brief guitar solo suggests that there are depths to their music that they haven't explored fully on this EP. The sea sounds as the song close is another unexpected, but interesting touch.
Their website invites comparisons to The Civil Wars, and Richard and Linda Thompson. While they have a way with a melancholy song, you have to hope their lives are not as fractious as those artists. With this debut EP we may well have found a new favourite duo. Hopefully, they have EP number two, or preferably a full album in the works as this is a great start, and more music from Silkandcustard soon would be very welcome.
Tim Martin
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