Sleuth - Out of the Blue Period (CD)

Release Date: 09/04/15

A rich and rewarding janglepop album that's as multi-faceted as it is simple and pure / RIYL: the Siddeleys, Go-Betweens

I've long been a fan of this Canadian band (ever since their impossibly rare cassette EP from a few years back!) so I jumped at the chance to put out their debut album. And what an album it is! Years in the making, this is a rich and rewarding record that's as multi-faceted as it is simple and pure. Not just your average pop record, this is a group of songs that make you think and feel - not unlike, say, the Smiths, the Siddeleys or the Go-Betweens at their very best. Intelligent and heartfelt lyrics set to music that ranges from sublimely jangly indiepop to 4AD-ish atmospheric beauty. Fourteen songs in total, each of them as strong as the last, so favorites are very hard to pick. But I can safely say that this is one record that will be revered when the next wave of janglepop revivalism happens in a few decades...