Description

The Remainder comprise of Blancmange’s Neil Arthur vocals, guitar and synthesisers, solo artist Finlay Shakespeare synthesisers and vocals and Liam Hutton drums, guitar and synthesisers. The latter best known for his work with Boxed In, Neneh Cherry and more recently, Young Fathers initiated the writing process back in 2015. ‘There was never a clear brief or definition of the project that we were working towards collectively’, he explains. ‘It was always a completely open statement.’The trio’s crisp, glacial rhythms, cascading synths, shadowy psychedelia, absurd humour and lyrical xrays of every day life all feature strongly on their forwardlooking debut album. The hypnotic, beatdriven songs are a way of venting facing up and expressing a strange New positivity in spite of all the darkness. Each song is also linked by interludes created by Liam’s mother Jo Hutton, a recording engineer and composersound designer of experimental music and sound art. The Remainder is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £10.99 +P&P