ATTLAS – Scene EP

Scene opens with ‘Batch”s warm and introspective synths as the lights dim, whispers fade, and Kristian Attard (Intergalatix)’s vocals begin: we’re back into the story that began with Siren.  It’s the same characters as before, but time has passed and there’s a new perspective.  Where Siren’s first chorus was ‘love is on the way,’ Scene’s is ‘watch you fly away.’  From there, ‘Lighthouse’ wastes no time moving us through the storm.  The energy is elevated but less naive than our first time through, and without the novelty that the first instalment afforded.  If ‘Lighthouse’ was a guide post through the rocks and storm, ‘Rasor’ is the storm itself.  In that storm, if you let it, ‘Rasor’ will give you enough time to appreciate the beauty in a dark cloud – briefly – before it opens up on you again with heavy torrents of relentless rain.  As ‘Crane”s warm hands hold us up in our exhaustion, the realization strikes that we’re still answerless, and this Scene, this chapter, propels us steadfastly towards this trilogy’s conclusion.

On a personal note, I’m proud of the fact that in this cultural climate we can put out a release with tracks as individually diverse as the Scene EP…