Monday 17th October 2011

GAP DREAM – “MY OTHER MAN”

Guided to me by the ever-reliable ears of Weird Dreams, Burger Record’s latest recruits Gap Dream share more than just a similar name.

A slow-mo glam blow-out, as if T-Rex were saddened to a pause, this is beautifully symphonic timeless pop, making grand gestures that belie the quality of its recording. It’s in that respect that it finds parallels with their east London almost-namesakes, where ambition and craft flip a finger to financial restrictions, and reassemble into a patchwork Brian Wilson slowjam.

And it’s also perhaps worth noting that there are many other equally affecting songs on Gap Dream’s Soundcloud, posted under the unusual moniker, Eddy Grapes…

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(Photo: Philippe Bourgoin)