“With the expanded sonic palette provided by his new bandmates, Wales has created a vibrant, emotionally resonant record that manages to feel both fresh and familiar.”
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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“With the expanded sonic palette provided by his new bandmates, Wales has created a vibrant, emotionally resonant record that manages to feel both fresh and familiar.”
“Brooklyn-based Indie artist Avery Friedman issues glistening return single ahead of first UK/EU tour”
“For 20 years, the unsung, absolute pioneer of the current jangly, lofi power-pop movement...”
“'80s cultish jangly indie-pop how the 60s would have done it, spliced with lofi modernity!'”
“The allegorical donkey in the lion's skin, but it's a bear that wants to be an eagle that wants to be a bear... who cried wolf.”
“A retro-flavored ode to finding the seeds of a larger life in the small things that surround you.”