Belfast band Junk Drawer are releasing The Dust Has Come To Settle, a new EP, this Friday, and following on from recent singles “Tears In Costa” and “Railroad King” they’ve today shared on final preview called “Suspended Anvil”. On the song, Stevie Lennox explains:
“The idea was to conjure up something otherly as a ‘sound world’ that would allow the listener to drift away. To let a new idea branch out before snapping back into focus with a widescreen, Phil Spector-esque ending. There is a certain almost Irish tinge to the middle 8, where we made use of field recordings to really emphasise that and create a sound world.”
Similar to “Railroad King”, on “Suspended Anvil” Junk Drawer invite us to wander into daydreams with them – and they’ve provided the perfect dreamy backing to do it. Flowing easily between jaunty dreampop and anchorless synth passages, it’s easy to fall into the sway of the song, where time has no meaning and an impossible image could float before your eyes for hours on end – or mere seconds, it doesn’t matter. There are certainly some unsettling images that occur as Junk Drawer take us on a tour of Stevie’s mind (“cadavers speaking from the other room”), but none of them linger for long – instead, the band keep the train moving merrily through this dilapidated mental haunted house, dazed grins fixed firmly in place.
Watch the visualiser below or find “Suspended Anvil”.
Junk Drawer’s The Dust Has Come To Stay will be out on March 11 through Art For Blind (pre-order on Bandcamp). Follow the band on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Bandcamp.
