Empty the Bones of You

Some people don't just appear on the music scene, they crash the party in the most spectacular style. Chris Clark's first album, Clarence Park, released over two years ago, saw him instantaneously compared to Aphex Twin. The long awaited second album from Chris Clark, Empty The Bones Of You, shows no sign of the man settling down. The recent EP, Ceramics Is The Bomb, was already far more focused than Clarence Park. If his performance during his recent tour with Mira Calix provided some insight into the new album, his set was mostly geared toward the dancefloor, with heavy rhythmic structures and aggressive soundscapes being fired at the crowd at deafening level. Here, the schizophrenic nature of Clarence Park is still present in some ways, but Clark combines both ambiences in a far more mature way. This results in Empty The Bones Of You feeling far more structured and fluid. Already hailed by some as one of the albums of the year, this second album is not so much a consecration of the man's talent as a consecration of the man himself.