Warning Light keeps things 'Quiet on the Homefront'
Atlanta synth stalwart returns with handmade picture disc on his own label, Persistent Midnight.
- Courtesy Warning Light
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With the Quiet on the Homefront EP, Drew Haddon proves once again to be one the city's most versatile and rewarding sound manipulators. The latest release from Haddon's Warning Light alias features four of the Atlanta producer's most agile movements to date, using his prior activity with High Marks, Roman Photos, and Snowbride as a catapult to bigger and better things. Balanced across four unencumbered tracks, Quiet on the Homefront flows with unbridled optimism for heady meditation or calm inward journeys. Opening number "You are the Sun" rides a muted but dazzling run of flexed minimalism flourishing with maxed-out effects, rivaling the psychedelic, abstract electro sounds of likeminded New York City duos Blondes and/or Walls. "I am the Moon" blows past the 20-minute mark, carving out a sonic pool of slightly bobbing drones. The second half opens with "Inner Caravan," another trek of rhythmic solitude that pairs Spacemen 3-style organ drones with the blizzard-esque ambiance of Wolfgang Voigt (GAS), and serves as a slow-burning segue to the EP's closing number, "My Years in Ephemera." The song is a bottomless drift through 22-minutes of slightly distorted bliss. Although the handmade picture disc edition of the CD-r is already sold out, you can stream and download the Quiet on the Homefront EP directly via Warning Light's Bandcamp.
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★★★★☆