Sunderland-born, Falkirk raised and resident Adam Stafford boasts a broad CV, spanning a diverse range of musical and filmmaking projects (the latter of which range from documentaries to promo videos, including ‘Seven Years of Letters’ by The Twilight Sad in capacity of director). Although perhaps best known as the singer of Y’all is Fantasy Island, he’s carved a respectable solo career.
‘Taser Revelations’ is an eclectic mix of songs. Although broadly ‘lo-fi’ in their approach, stylistically, there’s a bit of everything here. There’s salsa-infused reggae in the shape of ‘Phantom Billions’, and minimalist dub informs the spacey ‘Black Lung Applications’. ‘Atheist Money’ offer post-grunge indie with a new wave slant and an innovative mode of percussion with the help of a loop pedal and primitive-sounding drum machine.
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On the surface, ‘Taser Revelations’ doesn’t sound like an angry album, but Stafford’s lyrics are delivered with a certain fire, and, paired with some clangs of discord which disrupt the insistent grooves which for the album’s backbone, there are strong indications of a simmering tension.
Understated but dynamic, and with some tasty melodies carrying subtle barbs, it all adds up to an intriguing album that doesn’t slot readily into any compartment other than the one marked ‘quality’.
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