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ARTIST
PENNY ARCADE
TITLE
Backwater Collage
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
TAPETE RECORDS
CATALOG #
TR 558CD
TR 558CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/3/2024
Hailing from a place of ancient mariners' secret coves and vast moors beaten by the wind and rain,
Backwater Collage
is
James Hoare
's first solo album under the name of
Penny Arcade
. Despite leaving London for the West country he grew up in, the Englishman is no stranger to the scene. He has been wandering around as if awakened from a long, not-so-peaceful sleep for some time now. You have most probably come across his washed-out blue eyes several times, in projects including
Veronica Falls
,
The Proper Ornaments
, and
Ultimate Painting
. For this dreamy, hand-stitched record, Hoare has taken his time. Maybe because he had to rescue his songs from various recording sessions tinged with a number of mishaps he amusedly admits he is accustomed to: broken multitracks, failing tape machines, rarely available drummers living in the capital. The eleven intimate and solitary songs which make up the album, delivered in the greatest home recording tradition, are nonetheless cautiously produced. James unfurls pure, uncluttered melodies in which his gentle, melancholic voice mingles with smooth, warm vocals by
Nathalia Bruno
. Barely saturated guitar solos sometimes disrupt the clear, unpolished musical line. Hopping onboard, longtime friend
Max Claps
has added keyboard parts which manage to embrace the minimal nostalgia of the tracks while preventing any teary pathos. Similar to
Jack Name
or
Syd Barrett
-- only less psychedelic -- in terms of songwriting and stripped back atmosphere, Hoare is sitting on the
Velvet Underground
's black-and-white sofa and gives his album a subterranean feel. At times restless but light-footed, deprived of any unnecessary effects, the record follows in the steps of a less noisy but just as raw and unadorned
Jesus and Mary Chain
. With
Backwater Collage
, alone at the helm under a stormy sky, James Hoare invites his listeners to settle in the sheltered comfort of a cup of tea.
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