ACRYLIC IQON-Close Your Eyes CD-EP

Glasgow pop-punkers new EP contains a surprise – first you get the full length version of the title track, and at the end a radio edit of it, but in the middle is a dance mix of it and the really great thing is that the dance mix is different enough to keep you hooked and arranged to perfection to...well..... keep you hooked!!! But lets's start with the title track itself – a distant sustained guitar heralds this burst of electric lead guitar that shatters the calm and blazers a trail followed by lurching, beefy drumming and deep bass. Above this the female lead vocal, multi-tracked and harmonised with the male vocal, deliver a flowing sea of verses that rise and fall to perfection, the instrumentation dropping back and rising up as the song weaves its cyclical way to your heart amid forest fires of guitars, those lolloping beats, the deep bass intensity and crackling flames of lead guitars that light up your life as the whole thing becomes this inferno of guitars, propulsive rhythms, tumbling drumming and almost lazy but biting dual vocal delivery on a quite complex slice of punk-pop that infuses a modern indie songwriting sensibility and comes out winning. After this, we get the “Warscahuer Remix” of the same track and here there sting is replaced with smooth, the beats are mildly thumping electronic, there are melodies running through its veins, the distant throb of electronics buzzing in the background as sequencers bounce madly over the perfect lone female vocal delivering the song with flowing ease as this slightly more powerful downtempo arrangement gives the song the sense that this is how it should have been all along, and it really is that good a remix. It twists and turns, flows effortlessly, drops back, lets the female vocal stand out and really is a superb example of how to do a dance mix of a slice of indie-pop and turn it into something truly remarkable. The EP ends with the “radio Edit” of the title track and here they've removed the peripherals and come out with this roaring slice of songwriting that distils the thing to its raw, powerful essence, right into the song, into the hooks, the verses and the harmonies as the arrangement sum it all up in much quicker time and allow the real genius of the song to come through in a shorter space of time. Although just one track, essentially, you'll play all three long, loud and often – it really is that good!!!
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