m^tch release the title track ‘H O U R G L A S S H E A R T S’ from his upcoming EP and you do not need to see the bamboo on the cover to realise that he wants to take you to a faraway place.
Describing the genre as “future bass” instantly you are warped in by the sound of an airy pulse that aligns your passage into the electronic orient.
m^tch scrupulously arranges the melodic tones to give the impression of a somewhat rewarding tussle between negative and positive forces.
The beauty of ‘H O U R G L A S S H E A R T S’ is that this already complicated track is not shrouded by vocals.
Instead the lyrics seep through teasingly cool and with purpose, so that when they do arrive you are so giddy that you just flop on board and let them carry you along the soldered artery to where the obsession grows.
Unfolding like a story the track replicates that rare joy of the initial stages of attraction; it gives you a taste of something great knowing that you will want to chase it for more.
Words: Mhairi MacDonald
