CD Feature/ Leaf: "Made into itself"

Is there a bittersweet poetry to the city? A light that never goes out? Back streets whispering your name in foreign tongues? You could come to believe so when listening to this record, the culmination of Steve Wicks’s eight-year journey of finding an own voice.

While the label’s main motto “anxious urban prophesy” and comparisons to masters such as Massive Attack (their trade-mark flame burns dimly in the upper right corner) are reflected by “Made into itself”’s eclectic character, the rumbling noise and the shuffle of HipHop and Breakbeats, this record, however, has much more to offer. Luscious passages of etherial tenderness evoke pictures of bizarre spaces, naure and warm solitude. Already the four first tracks take the listener to more corners of Wick’s mind than would fit most people’s entire record collection: The brooding sadness of “Cut the Leash”, the floating beats of “Light Blue Morning”, the nervous nature of “Coffee Drinker” and the deep labyrinth of “Intelligent Design” confuse the senses and shake your vision of reality – and all of this in under 15 minutes! But there’s more: minor key piano motives, ethno-voices, philosophical rapping, drum mantras and even a trippy folk song.

Suspicious records haven’t shied away from drawing resounding parallels, but their promises were nothing but true. “We hope that you will find this masterpiece every bit as beautiful and essential as we do”, they remark on their homepage. Chances are high that you will.

Homepage: Leaf
Homepage: Suspicious Records