The other I

"2:54's let psykedelisk bugtende drømmepop fremstår skarpt skåret og ligger med sine lidt større armbevægelser og shoegaze-udflydende tendenser i fin forlængelse af navne som Warpaint og The xx. Der er også noget postpunk over 2:54's univers, der både tæller stribevis af mildt hypnotiske hooks, mindeværdigt medrivende melodier og mægtigt majestætiske lydflader ... Vokalmæssigt er albummet fra tid til anden en smule anonymt, og der er stadig lige store nok udsving i Thurlow-søstrenes materiale, men Orion, Sleepwalker og South er stærke vidnesbyrd om 2:54's flotte format og store potentiale, der gemmer på mere".

"Creating ambience-rich music that still feels tangible and grounded is akin to mixing oil and water. Nebulous sounds and freeform compositions with an absence of structures can be liberating, but are also given to meandering messes. On the flipside, adhering to the terrestrial offers up something listeners can more easily latch onto, but just as easily lose interest in. For Ireland-born, England-raised sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow, though, interweaving these two disparate aesthetics comes across as second nature. With their sophomore album as 2:54, The Other I, the siblings craft a series of dramatic vignettes that are floating and spacious, yet tethered to a substance that prevents them from drifting off into the ether".

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