New Zealand multi-instrumentalist Ash Smith delivers his second album Snuff under the moniker Secret Knives. It's a dense, layered affair, somewhere between a guitar record and a synth one. Perhaps the closest comparison point might be compatriot Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
On third track Fall Smith echoes namesake Elliot an influence that becomes further evident as the album unpacks. Snuff as a whole is extremely dreamlike in terms of its texture, by turns comforting and disturbing. It's eight years since the last Secret Knives record and listening to the new record you can hear why that is. This stuff takes time to assemble. An emotive sound chamber, well worth a listen.
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