SAFE HOME: You Can't Undo What's Already Undid

Safe Home

You Can't Undo What's Already Undid

© 2002 Sunday Records (687474052621)

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Electro-acoustic folk-pop melancholy.

tracks

1 Travel In Time
2 Moortown Bluebay
3 Next Time On The Back Of A Goose
4 Umble Wumble
5 Thin Tiny Kind
6 Slow Girl
7 Birthday
8 Salior's Choice
9 Boots
10 After All These Years
11 Dear Dusty
12 Star Of A Holiday
13 Bloemen
14 As She Was
15 Aries
16 Rickett's Revenge
17 Three Steps Closer
18 Strangers

notes

Comprised of two former members of the Nightblooms holed up at home with their instruments and an ADAT, Safe Home sound like some odd but appealing amalgamation of electronic minimalist baroque folk-pop for shoegazers. Or at least that's what comes to mind after giving their first full-length album, You Can't Undo What's Already Undid, a spin; Esther Sprikkelman's ethereal and airy vocals ride over the top of the spectral, bare-bones melodies created by Sprikkelman and Harry Otten, which are mostly built from suspended keyboard patches, electronic loops, and subdued acoustic and clean electric guitars (with the sharp tone of a distorted electric adding the occasional bit of punctuation). Sprikkelman's impressionistic lyrics are as much about mood as they are about literal meaning (especially given her breathy vocal style, which gives sound and feeling and edge over enunciation), but they certainly communicate well enough, and it's hard to argue with the shimmering beauty of the final product. You Can't Undo What's Already Undid is hardly recommended for long drives late at night, but anyone looking for a quality smart pop chillout would be well-advised to put Safe Home on their shopping list. Visit Sunday Records @ www.sundayrecords.com

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  • Ride Deep of Melancholic with beautiful voices
    author: Menophon

    Deep beautiful angel voices , go through the lines of the blood ,up to heart and make brain feeling sad of memories.

  • strange'n'spooky postrock-indie-folk drama
    author: jenny jones

    Safe Home's debut full-length is a treat of next-generation melancholia, a strange'n'spooky postrock-indie-folk drama built on acoustic guitars, subtle electronic widgery, and featuring the distinctive smooth whisper of Esther Sprikkelman. Sprikkelman's lyrics are largely inpenetrable, but perhaps that's just as well - it must be odd in Esther's world. Although many of the songs seem to concern themselves with wistful reminiscin', there's also a forward-looking stoic optimism, like it'll all work out in the end... as long as Jupiter's aligning with Mars and the coffee's percolatin'. Musically, the deceptively simple songs actually conceal unexpected twists'n'turns that'll keep you guessing well into the night and through to the following morning. Safe Home is perhaps not in-yer-face enough for today's attention-span-deficient indiepopper but could well appeal to those hankering after a fix of Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, or the Nico of "Chelsea Girl". Rewarding listening. Recommended listening.

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