Small Town
Boredom is the bandname for Fraser McGowan and Colin Morrison from Scotland. They deal in a brand of downbeat, gentle
melancholia, framed by McGowan’s ‘delicate’ vocals.
The approach
is very much lo-fi, and very moody… the titles will give you a clue – Apologies
For Apathy, Sympathy For The Drowning, Understanding Blackness. At 14 tracks there is quite a lot to get
through here but there are some strong songs.
The gorgeous picked guitars of For Today I Missed The Dawn Break makes
it an early highlight. The Great Lodging
and Sympathy for the Drowning aim hard for the gutter, while other tracks like
the accordion-tinged Monday Night H.O.P.E. Group and the gentle duet Elder Park
& All That Followed are more reminiscent of miserabilists like Arab Strap
or Dakota Suite.
Many of the
other tracks are quite brief, featuring barely audible guitar and whispered
vocals (Another Coded Message, How I Learned To Love The Waterboys). The instrumental interludes are more
successful, with alluring guitar picking on William Summer’s Blues and On The
Crookston Line.
The album
could probably do with shades of light here and there to break the relentless
misery. So sad b**t**d music then, in a good way. It's available via bandcamp: http://tromerecords.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-might-have-hope
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