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‘Gold Mind EP’ (EP, self-released) This Bath-based five piece describe themselves as an electronica act, but they’re more like slightly proggy indie rockers with synth flourishes. This generally works well, especially on ‘Elekstep’, whose squelching melody line wriggles atop a dirty old guitar riff. ‘Gold Mind’ itself is a bit of a rambler with hints of Talk Talk and The Cardiacs, while closing track ‘The Soundman’ opens with the speech synthesiser effect from LFO’s ‘LFO’ and then goes a bit Hawkwind. They sound like a band who are still playing around with ideas at the moment, but if they cut out a bit of the noodling, they could be well worth keeping an eye on. (Adam Burrows)
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