We Know About the Need is the debut album from Bracken, the shrouded-in-mystery solo venture of Chris Adams (otherwise voice and co-sound designer of Leeds legends Hood). The organic chemistry of the Books and the spaciousness of Boards of Canada both come to mind, but Bracken burrows deeper than the former and plays a million times warmer than the latter. Chris' ghostly call pushes up against the ceiling of sound, nearly cracking under the weight, singing beauty and heartache with tape effects catching no...   [ read more ]

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2007 has been a busy year for Bracken. Firstly we had their debut LP We Know About the Need, a hyperactive exploration into skewed songwriting, avant drone and glitchy sample experiments presented to Anticon Records by Chris Adams, founder member of Leeds, UK's experimentalists Hood. Following hot on it's heels was a sketchbook of so-far-off-the-dial-they've-fallen-off-the-map ideas which ultimately made up the companion LP Eno About the Need. And finally we come to the obligatory remix CD. Given that We ...   [ read more ]

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Introductions don't come much stronger than the lead single from Chris Adams' Bracken. 'Heathens' is a boldly ambitious and frighteningly successful burst of song. Opening with a loosed breath and an ethereal voice transmitting through its atmospheric pulse, the track soon catches melody and bounces down a hallway of deep dub bump. The vocals grab onto their own reverb and ride (stuttering a la Prefuse 73's well-honed cut-ups), as an errant horn squeals in the background and the guitar notes are chopped an...   [ read more ]

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