Here’s a new name for your list of frustatingly talented newcomers. Beaumont is another one of those Scottish producers going out of their wax to make us envy the cold and drizzly land of kilts. His debut “Blush Response” was full of clever cuts, and this new EP released on Hotflush Recordings is a definite keeper, somehow managing to make deliciously tacky eighties synths sound almost meditative – let’s put it this way, Eddie Murphy’s morning yoga routine could have done with a soundtrack like this.
Beaumont – Never Love Me EP (HF034) by Hotflush
The eponymous opener “Never Love Me” is a solid introduction to a consistently excellent EP, but the second cut “Uptown” is a definite highlight. It’s an understated but lovely track that manages to settle into your heart without making a big deal about it.. It opens with melodies wouldn’t sound out of place in the opening to one of those creepy TV shows the BBC is so insistent on terrorizing children with these days, but before long those nursery rhyme movements combine with Kuedo-esque Blade Runner shuffles to produce a softly insistent R’n’B melody that deserves one of thosea charmingly robotic Cassie vocals.
“Rendez-Vous” is a more uptempo, housier affair but still exhibits a brilliant sense of restraint that we should probaby get used to associating with Beaumont. It progresses in an oddly languid manner that still keeps you on your toes, surprising you even as you’re soothed by it’s soft grooves. “Verona Beach” is as tinged with romance as the rest of the tracks on this inspired EP but delivers some inspired percussion work at the halfway mark, while the digitial-only “Adrift” is another rhythmic but slightly creepy number. The “Never Love Me” EP is yet another example that you can still make synth tracks that aren’t throwbacks. Hope you’re all ready to fall for one more Scotsman…
Never Love Me is out today on Hotflush, buy a copy here.
