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Strange Shadows EP

by The Mistys

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Following their soundtrack to a long-awaited snog on award-winning BBC TV series Killing Eve (the song Bite Marks), pop subversives The Mistys return with a first EP, proper, of heart-in-mouth, post industrial romance.

Toned with timeless Manchester melancholy, their first set of dream-pop songs since 2018’s Pregnant Mannequin LP appear to linger in half-light between ‘80s synth-pop, late ‘90s trip hop and electronica, and the wist of ’00s witch house.

The duo’s titular lullaby pitches singer Beth Roberts as a naïf siren swaddled in soothing reverb and Salem-esque detuned synth, before the cinematic keys of Digital Mirror glance coyly at their Killing Eve soundtrack piece, shoring up in a gorgeous DX7-like bass coda.

Controlled Absence’s stately swoon bears a shivering spine of influence from Kraftwerk via To Rococo Rot in its lust for nocturnal negative space and melodic resolution, while Sentimental Plastic poises Beth’s starkest, bloodletting lyrics velvet-stroked into contrails of elegiac decay and dewy detuned synth squinting at Boards of Canada.

The natural symbiosis of Andrew Hargreaves’ (Tape Loop Orchestra/The Boats) production and the sugared vocals of Beth Roberts hold a rare strength in reserved, crepuscular songwriting that rewards with repeat play.

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released December 16, 2022

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