‘A Perfect Storm’ begins with a metronome beat, before the entry of Brian Eno Warm Jets style guitars and synth tones, both of which have became a familiar touchstone for Casual Sex.
Contradicting the song’s title the listen is in reality quite tranquil, the tempo is set to steady yacht rock indicating a change from the previous late 70s post-punk tinged releases, all of which make the choir of Sam Smith’s vocals and background mumbling more arresting.
The flip side, ‘Pissing Neon’, picks up the 7” with a more propulsive march, the track is made by the evolution of synthesizer textures throughout and alarm bell guitar strikes.
Both tracks make for a complementary single, with more going on sonically than previous releases hopefully this indicates to how progressive the band have became in process of creating their forth-coming album.
At times Casual Sex may sign post their influences in a little to clearly, however without a doubt the growth from release to release demonstrates that they are surely a band of the blogosphere.
This is reinforced especially by ‘A Perfect Storm’ that projects a new dimension of the band, far removed to the Peter Rodger’s production caricature they ventured into in the past.
Words: Mark Sinden
