Shoosh, the trio of Ed
Drury, Neil Carlill and Craig Murphy, have a different approach to their
music. More guitar-based than Cheju, Shoosh features a love-it-or-hate-it
vocal style. Their track “Elastic Soil” is predominantly guitar-based but
also features some soaring electronic textures underneath it all. Their
second track, “Come in from the Cold,” is weirder still vocally and
features shimmering electronic swirls and acoustic guitar. The first of
their tracks sounds like Bowie meets Genesis P Orridge while the second is
more like Dylan; both sound like drug-addled psychedelic folk - uniquely
blissed out weird psychedelic folk excursions.
Igloomag
Shoosh are a different proposition altogether, combining the talents of
Craig Murphy (synths, programming), multi-instrumentalist Ed Drury and
former Delicatessen frontman Neil Carlill, who provides rather unique
vocals. A starlit chime introduces “Elastic Soil” but will not prepare the
listener for the intergalactic journey they are about to embark on.
Murphy’s spectral drones provide the template for Drury to weave a
beautiful Spanish guitar arrangement atop, while Carlill delivers his
indecipherable yet strangely alluring vocals. Spell-bindingly inventive,
shoosh construct an exclusive brand of ambient, space-folk.
Reverb Mag
Shoosh’s ghostly alluring ‘elastic soil’ is an off centred though
numbingly beautiful work of ethereal psych-ambi-folk, pining celestial
sheens, crooked and dust ridden stumbling acoustic flamenco strums serve
as deliciously spectral montages underpinning the ether driven wandering
vocal mantras - all at once hazy and disquieting though magically
omnipresent the individual parts coalesce and caress like heavenly
apparitions weaving in and out of view imagining Animal Collective centre
stage in a celestial gunfight setting amid supernatural serenades sourced
from Neil Young’s ‘eldorado’.
Losing Today
While other shoosh compositions come across like a space-age version of
Pink Floyd, “Elastic Soil” finds them exploring a different plain
altogether. Carlill’s vocals immediately pique the interest with its
multi-tracked and warped out of shape tone. These are cushioned by a
galaxy of spectral drones and superb Spanish guitar work to create this
highly inventive piece of music.
Angry
Ape
Of more interest, I thought, was the music of Shoosh, a three piece
group of Ed Drury (guitars), Neil Carlill (vocals and lyrics) and Craig
Murphy (synth, programming). In 'Elastic Soil' they sound like an
electronic version of Current 93, with a strong similarity in the vocal
region. In 'Come In From The Cold' things turn even more down and moody,
with sparse electronics, ending in total ambiance.
Vital Weekly
The guitars are Iberian and the wooze is warm and writhes like animated
spaghetti. It's quite a nifty little late night stoner track, phased vox n
all, would be very much at home on any number of old Tyrannosaurus Rex
albums. IS IT ANY GOOD? Yeah, it wont be featured on a chart show near
you, but that's not the point, is it?
Unpeeled
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