Ancient Plastix - Ancient Plastix
Second solo album of the year for ex-Hot Club de Paris frontman Paul Rafferty, and also the second to appear under a brand new stage name. But whereas the first of those, Doomshakalaka, was a guitar-focused effort that contained echoes of his former outfit (concision; off-kilter time signatures; taut but powerful storytelling), Ancient Plastix represents something of a new direction. This time we’re in something approaching ambient territory - analogue synth, recorded in real time rather than chopped up and looped, routed through guitar pedals and captured on good old cassette four-track...