�CONEY ISLAND OF YOUR MIND�
(4-track EP/ 2000)
To Harry�s wisdom, urgency doesn�t apply in writing. Spates of fast-rising bands are striving for eclectically epic, multi-influenced sounds, sold under obscure names like The Wisdom Of� and The Cooper Temple Clause. �Coney Island Of Your Mind� vaguely focuses on The Fun Lovin� Criminals� fave haven to hang, a funk-pop melody ensuring it�s groovy, Harry! Finding a better place in their never-ending vision of summer-time, �You�re not quite dead yet,� a rock guitar solo jazzing-up what�s essentially Lo-fi indie with quirkinitis� a shell-shocked one-stop-shop for varied musical influences. �Hal Choc� has been left beach-chilling even longer, slow-crawling instrumentation that�s reserved yet suitably entrancing, proving that being lost for words is to ironically act a strong, silent type poet, muted voicings the new angst-hacking screaming. �Angelhound� is the one track to deserve full-attention and marks; it�s a fuzzily downbeat suicide contemplation, graced with an irresistibly sweet Lo-fi hue: �You might as well believe� Who�s that fucked-up fool crying in the rain?� Perfectly balanced, the �Schtumm� no-word/ brainer makes this 4-tracker a 2 vox-blessed Vs. 2 instrumental-only release, Harry quite content to lower themselves further on their queer bed of never-threatening serenity. All�s well that�s consistently unique, Schtumm�s light jungle beat bashfully clawing for supremacy over horizon-broadening widescreen synths, producing another shiny show of post-pants experimentation into the unknown drawers of art-housed, Lo-fi indie. Clearly, they�ve much to offer�. even exhibiting The Wit of Harry under the sleeve�s credits: �All rights reserved. All wrongs reversed.� Clever - very clever. (STEVE RUDD)
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