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Following the release of their debut single ‘Veronica’s Veil’, Fan Death have returned with a brand new EP, A Coin for the Well. The duo Dandi and Marta have achieved something unusual with this disc – an individual record, but commercial enough to secure its mainstream success. Imagine a more disco-ey Bat For Lashes without the pretentious artiness. Yet having said that, a quick trawl of Youtube presents a fantastical and bizarre video for the EP’s opening track ‘Reunited’. Synth-laden disco pop with some funky strings and brass to boot (listen out for the violins three-and-a-half minutes into ‘Power Surge’), this is an easily likeable record.
The songs have great hooks, are repetitive without becoming boring, and, best of all, know when to stop - ‘The Son Will Rise’ seems to end without warning, but at exactly the right time. A Coin for the Well is a well-balanced mix of the optimistic and the brooding – see track four, ‘Soon’, and the darker flashes opening ‘The Son Will Rise’.
Fan Death are set to release their debut album this spring, and are currently on tour with Vampire Weekend.
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