Sense of Home
by Harrison Storm
Release date: 31st March 2015
by Harrison Storm
Release date: 31st March 2015
Tracklist: Sense of Home / Be Yourself / The Words You Say / Broken Feather
Recently, Spotify has introduced me to quite a few new artists;
Delta Sleep, Button Eyes, Years of Rice and Salt, S. Carey, Jack In Water,
etc., and now to Harrison Storm. If you're an avid Spotify user and
haven't checked out their Discover section (Browse >
Discover) or the Discover Weekly playlist, there's a load
of recommendations based on your listening history, it is amazing from what
I've experienced and I highly recommend it. I'm so glad I've started regularly
checking the Discover section as another way to find new
music, as if I hadn't I wouldn't have found these amazing artists and above all
- Harrison Storm. His EP, Sense Of Home, was
released in March 2015 and is stunning.
The EP consists of four
tracks; Sense Of Home, Be Yourself, The
Words You Say and Broken Feather. Now, I
generally don't like to make comparisons between artists as each of their work
is their own, but... from when I first listened to the EP I got this major Axel
Flóvent vibe, so if you like Axel Flóvent's EP you'll
love Sense Of Home.
The tracks all have this sparse
intimate texture with delicately plucked guitar parts. Sense Of Home has
just this with accompanying vocal harmonies following along with his vocals
that create this haunting atmosphere. Although the track begins melancholic,
it's driven forward towards this metaphorical light at the end of the track:
"Tell you brother you're listening to his dreams / Tell your sister she
is all you need / Tell your mother she is the only one / Tell your father has
made you all that you've become."
However melancholic these tracks are
they all have this drive towards perseverance adding a bittersweet feel towards
the EP. The Words You Say explores further with the
instrumentation, incorporating piano and banjo. The whisps and delicate piano
phrases add a feeling of freedom to the track, and coordinating simultaneously
with the consistent forward-driven ostinato pattern of the percussive muted
strums. Broken Feather is enveloped in this stunning
swirl of reverb and guitar percussion.
The EP is a great debut release that
is entirely consistent from start to finish. I definitely recommend settling
into the world of Harrison Storm's Sense Of Home for
the full sixteen minutes to get lost in - you won't regret it.
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