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EP Review: Society Of Imaginary Friends – The Moors EP (SOIF Music)

By | Published on Monday 24 November 2008

Society Of Imaginary Friends

The Moors EP is a cinematic, atmospheric and chilling collection of three songs that lack the gigantic soundscape of the Society Of Imaginary Friends’ album ‘Sadness Is A Bridge To Love’, opting instead for a fantastically sparse and haunting musical environment. Louise Kleboe’s operatic vocals compound this sound and add a wonderful sense of vulnerability, which set against the pensive, deep, brooding synth notes, culminates into something tender and exposed. Yet the EP is not without its flaws. The delicate instrumentation sounds weak or ineffectual at times – and whilst title track ‘The Moors’ soars, ‘The Lovely Rain’ flounders in comparison. Third track ‘Windows’, meanwhile, confounds all expectations. A truly experimental piece it leaves the listener bewildered and confused; one minute and 31 seconds of a computer error message is read and a build up ensues – pretty much destroying any preconceptions you may have of this band. Certainly SOIF see themselves as interestingly challenging, and at their best they can be, however it often fails to capture the listener’s attention, or goes full hog and leaves the listener disorientated. SJS

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