The Durutti Column - Keep Breathing

If Tempus Fugit pictured Vini Reilly returning to a stripped-down creative womb, Keep Breathing is his Technicolor rebirth. Back are the beats, the samples, the infinite guitar effects, and a more expansive sound in general. Reilly has always been a genre mixer, and here he plays with the usual suspects of folk acoustic guitar, soul vocalists, world music textures, scuzzy beats, sonic explorations, and his own melancholic voice. Where Tempus Fugit felt like a collection of bedroom experimentations, Keep Breathing feels like a fleshed-out cohesive whole with "Helen," "Gun," and "Tuesday" as the introspective trilogy and the rest of the album a journey into eclecticism. Read More