Released: 30th April 2012
Label: R&S Records
Galaxy Garden is the third studio album released by Lone. The
British project created by former Kids In Tracksuits member Matt Cutler has
honed his skills in creating sleek, natural sounds and incorporating it into
funky electric tunes since the release of Lone’s debut Everything Is Changing
Colour, and they’ve certainly bloomed for this record.
The production is
absolutely top notch, up there with SBTRKT’s debut self titled album in terms
of how well captured everything is. The combination between natural and man
made sounds is wound together so tightly and crafted together so well that it
becomes difficult to truly distinguish one from the other. It’s amazing.
Instrumentation appears to
be endless on Galaxy
Garden, with many
instruments being introduced into a song or as a focal point of a song. This
creates an element of surprise and leaves you in a feeling of awe as you wonder
just how these instruments manage to blend themselves so well in with each
other.
Songs such as New Colour
and As A Child are highlights for me because of how well their layers’ have
been crafted, and the way they are both constantly changing without easing up
on tempo or pace.
The soundscapes are just a
thing of beauty, if you’ve ever needed a reason to convince someone that music
is art (and if you know someone who says this then they are a bad person) then
you can’t go wrong with showing them Galaxy
Garden. Easily one of my
favourite listens this year.
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