Manchester Music Review The Wood by Alex Hulme
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:: Alex Hulme ::
30 June 2010 / Cityscape / 4 Trk CD
By Manuel Ecostos
Alex Hulme was born in Garstang but now resides in Liverpool, as a result of a placement at LIPA. On this solo LP there are plenty of multi-tracked elements at play, but the songs are derived from simple acoustic riffs. “The Wood” is maybe the most obvious cut, but just a little further on in the EP, “Keep Chasing” combines EMO twists and melodics with some un-missable whoops and well spun dynamics (check the alternative version which places all of this over some simple sequencing). The EP has a home recorded quality, which adds rather than distracts. “Drifting” is a pretty straight acoustic number, climbing and descending through picked chords as Hulme provides more of the well timed and well placed harmonic embellishments.
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