Just less than two years ago Danny Trew Barton – the man who is Wolf Solent – set out from the confines of his York bedroom on a musical journey that would eventually take him half-way around the globe to Shimokitazawa in Tokyo. His first staging post came along with the release of the Lifeboat EP and a year later EP // 2 followed, further advancing his kaleidoscopic vision of the world. And then EP // 3 took him to Japan where he recorded his latest seven-track collection of distorted neo-psychedelic bliss.
It has been a long, strange and beautiful trip, one where Barton has joined those cosmic dots that separate the debris of Syd Barrett‘s latter-day sonic misadventures from the melodic narcosis of Spiritualized. He has taken the essence of the former Pink Floyd frontman’s acid casualty vignettes – those half-realised songs that were to eventually appear on Opel – and crystallised them into something altogether more cogent and real.
To achieve this degree of coherence Barton has rounded a sphere of influence that draws upon the nascent psychedelia of The Beatles‘ Revolver album, electronic minimalism, the Twilight Zone, proto-punk pop and an eternal belief in the healing powers of reverb. It all makes for essential listening.
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EP // 3 is released on 25th March 2016 through Sea Records
Wolf Solent live dates:
24th March: EP//3 Launch Party w/ Bull + Soma Crew – Dusk, York.
25th March: w/ Desert Planes + Ghost Outfit – Wide Eyes Club at The Victoria, Dalston, London.
25th May – w/ Bernard + Edith, Blackbird Blackbird and Akranes – The Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
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