Bill Litshauer and Olivia Zielinski’s debut album is an impressive foray into the ambient world. 8 Tracks may not be much by today’s standards – but each is rich with flavour. Tracks 2-5 are especially noteworthy drifting from the isolated sounding ‘The Garden’, the moody ‘Lamia’ through to an almost instantly recognisable ‘Corridor Fog’. If the band knows anyone in television advertising then ‘Corridor Fog’ would be well suited to one of those car ads with chilled music in the background.
There is certainly a constant imprint placed across most tracks, but don’t confuse this for repetition; The Silk Demise just know how to produce a body of work that is constant and strong. Fans of the once great Sneaker Pimps are advised to check this out – they even give Leftfield a run for the money. It’s going to be interesting to see where they go from here.
