THE SLOW CYCLONE

Welsh band SOFT-HEARTED SCIENTISTS has been around in one guise or another for the better part of a decade, their career as recording artists starting with a couple of EPs released back in 2004. Since then a fairly large number of productions in various formats has been crafted by them, including four studio albums. "The Slow Cyclone" is the most recent of these, self-released by the band in 2014.

"The Slow Cyclone" is a careful, lo-fi and presumably low-budget creation that hones in on the gentler aspects of psychedelic music, where acoustic guitars, gentle keyboards and careful vocals are the main and key aspects throughout. Understated music from a nation known for understatements, with careful nuances and subtle details being key aspects of the music itself, but at times with stark contrasts between the music played out and the lyrics conveyed as dark topics tend to be explored within a calm and at times whimsical atmosphere. Those fond of acoustic music, folk music and psychedelic folk music will probably be a key audience for this album, and especially those among them with a taste for music that is odd in a charming, sweet manner that sometimes hides a sharp topical edge.