Words by Alex Payne
Art by Finn Cleverly
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Last Friday, the Met Office announced that it was the third hottest day on record, confirming the suspicions of anyone who dared brave the blistering heat for more than a moment. Weather that good is rarely more than fleeting in the UK, so when it is, it’s worth celebrating with a classic combination of beach, BBQ and booze. Luckily, KNALLERS, the funk-tinged indie brainchild of Stef Dale and Alasdair Jenkins, have blessed us with a couple of sun-dappled singles that will serve as the easy soundtrack that such a day deserves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Behind the gorgeous Roy Lichtenstein-esque album art (produced by Finn Cleverly), listeners are treated to Mirror Image <\/em>and Waterval<\/em>. Jo Mhairi’s silky vocals slink and glide over the glossy production on the former, weaving between the thick chords and bouncing bass lines that lend the track a bright, funk influence. Firmly innocuous lyrics add to the accessibility of the track, a quality that shows a firm understanding of the setting this release is best enjoyed in. Waterval<\/em> shares many of the same laid-back qualities, but relies on hazy samples that ebb and flow as the track progresses, rather than Mhairi’s lush tones. The result is a neat lo-fi house track that oozes atmosphere and implores the listener to simply chill. Consistently strong mixing throughout the track complements the gentle use of well-chosen samples, and can best be described as seamless; it also shows progression from the duo’s debut single, Lucky Strike<\/em>, which leaned on sampling in a much heavier manner. Fans of The Avalanches, Ross From Friends and Kaytranada would be doing themselves a disservice to miss this release.\u252c\u00e1\u252c\u00e1<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Words by Alex PayneArt by Finn Cleverly Last Friday, the Met Office announced that it was the third hottest day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":24171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n