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When Marc, Dave and myself decided to form The Dead West we collected together the songs we would like to record. As always, Marc had way more than we would need. He decided to record the five songs that make up this E.P. alone and produce his first solo work.
Static, crackle. A melody starts. Sounds recorded in isolation and not anchored by time. The listener feels like a ghostly electronic communication has been captured, travelled through steel and wire and manifests itself as aural mist. Out of the mist stand heroes of both old and modern times, Buster Keaton, Calvin Johnson. “Man On Wire” is a salute to love, art, people here, people gone and the beauty that one can feel when unafraid to surrender his heart to such things. “Clouds Pt.1” feels like the listener has turned the dial and picked up the same lost broadcast that picked up the opening track. Imagine songs as shattered glass, some of the pieces are big enough that the original artefact can be worked out. “I’ll stay by your side.” Ah, this is a love song. “A ghost is born today.” Or perhaps not. “Huxley Lowfair” is a near ten minute story describing the life, death and after life of an American civil war soldier. Quite how our protagonist ends up haunting a library in Glasgow is a mystery. The broadcast is interrupted by more static and noise. Some communication is lost, never hitting it’s mark. Sometimes it doesn’t matter. In the end the singer assures us that no exorcism or worry is needed. If you never pick up this transmission again, it’s ok. The ghosts are laid to rest and all we have are memories. - Stephen
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