This London duo, one of them behind the scenes, make deceptively sweet, intensely introspective electronic pop
You’d suppose post-rave pop duo Babeheaven were bound to be in a band. Singer Nancy Andersen’s dad makes music for adverts, while producer Jamie Travis’s dad built the Rough Trade empire and his brother once threw up on Morrissey, something we’ve all probably felt like doing at some time or other. Yet Babeheaven ran from their fate. The Londoners became friends as teens, drifted apart, then reconnected while working in retail on the same north Kensington road. Making demos after work, they eventually slipped out some well-received music four years ago, played a few shows and then retreated, resurfacing last year. Now they’ve accidentally finished a debut album, in the absence of any distracting gigs with their five-piece group.
Home for Now is the perfect title for that debut. The pair promise “home” with their unobtrusive grooves and Andersen’s siren voice, then undermine those reliable comforts with her desperately personal lyrics. Nothing is beyond question; everything is only “for now”. Identity, fears, insomnia and desires are the themes that Andersen roams around, trying to map the human icebergs beside her, always worrying away at what may lie beneath. The duo’s songs, despite their playlist-friendly moods, leave you trapped inside questions with no answer, the stasis reflected in the calmly repetitive music. At their best, they raise a quiet thunder, like Friday Sky’s shoegaze soul or Fresh Faced, a heart-stopper about being drowned in infatuation. Enjoy them before they disappear again…
Home for Now is out now on AWAL
Continue reading...by Damien Morris via Electronic music | The Guardian
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