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19/01/2016 : HARLOWE - Harlowe

HARLOWE

Harlowe

MusicCD (EP)
FolkPsychedelic

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ConSouling Sounds
19/01/2016, Didier BECU

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Again Consouling Sounds proves with this release that it is one of the most versatile current Belgian labels. This release is another project of CHVE (Colin H. Van Eeckhout) in which we hear (once again) a different side of the Amenra-man.

It rarely happens that a Consouling Sounds release is easy listening, as it indeed takes a lot of efforts from the listener (for which he later is rewarded), but Harlowe is different. Not that it is pop music, but the five tracks are catchy and somewhere between dreamy ethereal pop (This Mortal Coil), fragile singer-songwriter and psychedelics.

Even if Colin sings and plays some guitar, the hypnotic voice of Lucy Ann Kinsella gets the lead role. Her singing sounds a bit like that of Anja Plaschg (Soap & Skin).

The five songs on this EP are simple, but they carve a deep wound in your soul. Beside Colin and Lucy, there's also Tim Byron (The Black Heart Rebellion) on drums and Lennart Bossu (former Janez Detd and now with Amenra) on guitar.

Saying that Harlow made a nice record is part of the truth, on the other hand it is much more than that. This release is available on both CD and vinyl, both on 300 copies.

Didier BECU
19/01/2016


NL

Met deze release bewijst Consouling Sounds dat het één van de meest veelzijdige Belgische labels van dit moment is. Deze release is alweer een project van CHVE (Colin H. Van Eeckhout) waarin we nog maar eens een andere kant van de Amenra-man zien.

Het gebeurt maar zelden dat een Consouling Sounds-release een hapklare brok is, het vergt immers heel wat inspanningen van de luisteraar (die daar natuurlijk nadien rijkelijk voor beloond wordt), maar bij Harlowe is dat toch anders. Niet dat het om popmuziek gaat, maar de vijf tracks liggen lekker in het gehoor en houden ergens het midden tussen zweverige ethereal pop (This Mortal Coil), fragiele singer-songwriter en psychedelica.

Ook al zingt en tokkelt Colin wat op de gitaar, is het de bezwerende stem van Lucy Ann Kinsella die de hoofdrol krijgt. Haar zang lijkt wat op die van Anja Plaschg (Soap & Skin).

De vijf composities op deze ep zijn eenvoudig, wel kerven ze een diepe wonde in je ziel. Naast Colin en Lucy, is er ook Tim Byron (The Black Heart Rebellion ) op drums en Lennart Bossu (ex-Janez Detd en nu ook bij Amenra) op gitaar.

Zeggen dat Harlow een mooi fijn plaatje heeft gemaakt is wel een deel van de waarheid, anderzijds is het zoveel meer dan dat. Deze release is zowel op cd als vinyl beschikbaar, beide op 300 exemplaren.

Didier BECU
19/01/2016


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