epic 45 reviews

Single Reviews:

Epic 45 - England Fallen Over EP (Make Mine Music - Catalogue mmm014)
Epic 45- Long Walks EP (No Catalogue details)


There is only one thing I don't like about either of these EPs.

It certainly isn't the swiralling, spiralling guitars that exist in a fragile,
heartbreaking instrumental sense on the Long Walks EP, which is perhaps akin to Mogwai but certainly also carries an nod or two in the direction of Godspeed You Black Emperor where in a few short minutes, their tribute to for example Virgina Astley says a lot more than countless amounts of press space previously.

It certainly isn't the finale track on the EP which is even better "Nearly Home", where the guitars in a gentle wash of guitars, you feel compelled to actually listen to the track on a loop to let it talk to you like a loved one or a best friend.

An lovely EP.

Less obvious is their other EP, England Fallen Over which surprisingly for them contains vocals on nearly all of the tracks, (but as a plus also features my mate, Anthony from July Skies playing additional clarinet) which is / was a major surprise considering their last two albums "Slides" and "Against the Pull of Autumn", were mostly instrumental led affairs.

Mostly, however in particular on the first two tracks , the title “England Fallen Over” and “Walk Led to Happiness”, it works beautifully well with the vocals really working quite well.

Nice stuff.

After reading the reviews, you may well be wondering what it is I don’t like about these.

It’s certainly not the music or the art work or anything to do with the band or the people involved with.

The only thing I don’t like about the EPs is the avability of the “Long Walks” EP. I picked that up at a recent concert of theirs, where it was a limited edition of 30!!

This sort of music should be shooting up the charts. Not half of the usual crap I see and have to suffer.

For further details (including pestering the guys to give the “Long Walks” EP a full release – please e mail them through their website – http://www.epic45.com)