Alpha "SometimeLater" This single is taken from the "ComeFromHeaven" LP which was released last September. Alpha are undoubtedly the sleaziest band I can think of at the moment. Slow, dubby, blissed out grooves with minimal wire brush snare beats and stri ngs drawn out over the whole lot. SometimeLater drifts along at a very leisurely pace, you can almost picture the countless couples in bedrooms everywhere fucking slowly with each ache of Martin Barnards' voice. "SometimeLater (Theme)" is a remix of title track, slightly higher BPM's but still extremely blissed out ambience, the vocals have been removed and the track's been beefed up with a heavier bassline a la Massive Attack (who run the label Melankolic that Alpha are on). "Over" sounds slightl y jazzy in places but still holds onto the shoey atmosphere made by the first two tracks, and "pepper(95)" is a seriously fucked-down, dub heavy, bass laden version of the track that became "Back" on the ComeFromHeaven LP. Overall not a bad little EP, but its really only for completists, and theres nothing new or distinctive in sound from the LP. It is nice though if you're a hormone crazed pervert and not bothered holding back for an entire LP's worth, and want it faster (but not too fast now mind you..). Quite nice for a fiver.
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