cATHOLIC CHURGH - YOUMUSTBETIRED CD

YOUMUSTBETIRED is an 18-piece sedation of lo-fi song-craft that seems to diffuse itself into the atmosphere.  Beautifully delicate, unobtrusive yet with enough going on to carry you elsewhere.  Bush’s now-signature sound is instantly recognisable - those slouched basslines, perma-hiss from the tascam and the atmospheric middle-distance stare.  Here the vocals, now mostly smothered beyond intelligibility, act more as a texture - often frail and exposed, or heavily EQ’d past recognition.  In contrast to Thomas’ recent epic ‘The Next 60 Years’ - which was decidedly song-focused - here the emphasis is on mood and feeling.  Folksy, introspective and cast in golden early-hours sunlight creating a private space you’ll not want to leave.