Saville,Robin Peasgood Nonsuch CD

Hot on the blistering heels of his debut solo single comes this full-length outing from the social worker turned gardener. Double digging over unlikely boundaries is something of a habit for Robin, and this record characteristically lurches between moods; from elegiac to wistful, and from meditative to bouncy, this record runs the full gamut. Creaking synths, loping bass and a succession of chimes seep from the nimble textures pressed tightly together. Lush and filmic, the nine tracks here cultivate and harvest a twinkling yet intense arc, with strange and alien sounds nestling snugly next to crumpled rhythms and gurgles, all peppered with tinges of acoustic guitar and eerie tones.

1. Magpie 2. Outdoor Planetarium and 3. ..An Indoor Campsite 4. Colin the Lazy Cormorant, Pt. 1 5. Colin the Lazy Cormorant, Pt. 2 6. Exultation 7. Murmuration 8. Charm 9. Cloud Pathology