The Opposite Of Nostalgia EP, by Gordon Bennett

The Opposite Of Nostalgia EP

by Gordon Bennett

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1.	Daisy Chainmail 03:21	info	buy track
2.	Just The Tonic 03:08	info	buy track
3.	Mandarin, The Dazzle Duck 03:10	info	buy track
4.	Held In Umber 03:38	info	buy track
5.	Letter To My Bony Homeland 04:16	info	buy track

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'The Opposite Of Nostalgia EP' is the third in a series of COVID/lockdown-era collections of mellotron-powered pastoral pop under the Gordon Bennett alias. While I'm still very happy with the two previous instalments, they don't half sound a bit glum in hindsight.

With that in mind, I've aimed this time to produce something less aggressively melancholy and lighter in tone, hopeful even.

Alongside the usual references like The High Llamas, Robert Wyatt, Oddfellow's Casino and The Durutti Column, other influences on this occasion might include great Japanese folkies such as Tenniscoats and Eddie Marcon, Building Instrument, Hamilton Yarns, Woo, wonderful Scandinavian labels like Häpna, Hubro and Fonal plus homegrown ones like Clay Pipe and Spillage Fete.

Don't be discouraged if none of that means a great deal to you - it's all still as mellifluous and pedantically melodic as ever!

As ever the brilliant mastering comes courtesy of Rory Ballantyne at The Fade while Craig Sinclair provides a stunning pastel sketch for the artwork as well as four of the five song titles.

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released June 27, 2022

Written and recorded by David Miller

'Daisy Chainmail' features a percussion sample from 'Nammu' by Hu Vibrational, taken from the 2006 album 'Universal Mother' on Soul Jazz

'Letter To My Bony Homeland' features a drum sample from 'Drive My Car' by Eiko Ishibashi, taken from the 2022 album 'Drive My Car: Original Soundtrack' on Newhere

Artwork - 'Breath Of The Loam' by Craig Sinclair

Mastered by Rory Ballantyne at The Fade in Liverpool

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News from Neptune is an experimental pop duo from Merseyside consisting of multi-instrumentalist David Miller and vocalist Craig Sinclair. The pair also play and write together in Lovecraft, the progressive pop outfit with which Craig made his name locally. ... more

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