(2022) Robin Guthrie - Springtime EP          


Review:
Former Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin Guthrie has released a new EP titled ‘Springtime’, which consists of four instrumental tracks. The EP was issued via his Soleil Après Minuit imprint (with distribution in North America via Darla and in Europe by Cargo), in time for his 60th birthday, marking his first release of the year. Springtime follows up a prolific year in 2021 for the musician, who issued two 4-track EPs with Riviera in December and Mockingbird Love in October. In November, Guthrie released his sixth full-length album Pearldriving which was his first album since 2012’s ‘Fortune’, which was also all-instrumental. The new EP sees Guthrie experimenting with dreamy guitar textures within an expansive full band arrangement. Springtime is a standalone collection featuring Guthrie’s ever present signature sound and atmosphere. His approach to music is perhaps more akin to that of a painter or a photographer. The adept use of light and shade, melody and counter melody, the carefully and precisely arranged instrumentation, musical textures and colorings gives his music a depth and level of detail which marks a master craftsman. Guthrie comments, “After ‘Pearldiving’, I thought about taking a break as my release schedule has been a bit excessive of late, but I took some time in the studio and got very quickly focused on this as my first release for the new year. Spring is an important time for me. Often it’s time to prepare for what’s to come. It can represent new growth. It can also be a good excuse to use a great photo of some springs that I had taken”.





Track Listing:
1.Kino's Chance 03:05
2.The Faraway 02:57
3.Another Part of Nowhere 04:15
4.All For Nothing 04:46


Media Report:
Genre: ambient
Country: France
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits

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