With luminous vibes and electronics that chime, strum, sparkle, dance and glow, the trio evoke worlds within our own, places we don’t usually hear.
There may be no words, but their music speaks volumes – and is consistently rewarding and charming.
‘Etch And Etch Deep’ finds multi-instrumentalists Gemma and Sophie Bakerwood and Louise Croft exploring electronica, with deep synth tones, crunching glitch.
This is no mere soundtrack, it’s an imaginary world: to dwell there even briefly is a uniquely spiritual experience.
This is an insinuating record, a sunshine-and-haywains counterpart to the sinister English ruralism of the likes of Hacker Farm, but one that nags at you once its charms are clear.
A whimsical and awe-inspiring dream full of tiny sprites who play accordions and give you flowers.
Oh wow, this gave me such a rush. I didn't know anything about Haiku Salut (and didn't know this was a soundtrack). From the cover I was just expecting a typical synthpop album or something.
But as soon as that very first tempo change hits, you know you're in for something a bit different. It's easy to imagine that this is the soundtrack Yann Tiersen would have written if Amelie were set in a modern city instead of a French village.
A very cool album--eclectic, and visually evocative, as ... read more
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