Chromatics

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Vinyl LP pressing. 2015 release. Diagrams is Sam Genders, formerly of folktronica group Tunng, and fans will be relieved to know that he deals in far more than just emotional torment. 'Take Brain' is, in Genders' own words, "a song of gratitude for having a person in your life which extends out into a wider gratitude for everyone in your life and the whole strange experience of life." Hardly a bleak message, right? And then there's the music, which counterbalances the complex themes on offer here with skewed pop melodies. Opening track 'Phantom Power' - a song about trying to get a grip on your own subjective reality - sets the tone, whereas 'You Can Talk to Me' might be the loveliest thing Genders has ever written.

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