“'The EP is a shimmering beauty that has broken my heart in several places..' Alan Corr, RTE Entertainment”
From the dream-pop depths of Leicester: Shopfires' Surplus EP unearths the tracks Neil Hill nearly left sleeping on his hard drive forever, delivering yet more of his signature melancholy, dreamy, jangly indie-pop brilliance. Coaxed out by persistent "musical naggings," these surplus gems prove that even Hill's off-cuts are anything but ordinary — sitting comfortably alongside his acclaimed 2024 albums.
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“'The EP is a shimmering beauty that has broken my heart in several places..' Alan Corr, RTE Entertainment”
“As he should. For in Youth Club Is Over he continues to make the musical hinterland between the subdued melodic intent of recent era Business of Dreams and Wedding Present style buzz guitars, whils...”
“a dream garage pop band. Halfway between Surf Curse, Joy Again, and Beach Fossils, all sprinkled with colored pencils and Micro Machines...'”
“Way of walking through loneliness, through the darker days, searching for an exit or maybe just a deeper understanding of yourself.”
“When the noise fractures, what’s left is the lull—a crumbling five-track descent into ambient drift.”
“A meditative yet unsettling dub odyssey, where heavy basslines and ambient textures echo with the hidden costs of war.”
“A musical tribute to Carnivals in Sweden, brought to life by a colorful kaleidoscope featuring cinematic electropop”
“...Matt Addison and his Mythical Motors solo recording project is the one true pioneer of todays, jangly, lo-fi power-pop scene”
“...another superb noise-pop act from a South East Asia area that is rapidly cornering the market in fey fuzz-pop.”