Closer: LIFTED EP

Heartache/Lifted is the new EP from Closer, Melbourne and regional Victoria’s new electro king. Combining dark electro melodies this is a follow up to June 2014’s Descent and January 2014’s In Search of Life. Although there are just two tracks on this new release, it’s dark electronica at its best. I started listening to this new EP through my iPhone headphones due to the fact that I had no idea of the good time I was in for. If I could offer one piece of advice about listening to this EP it is use good headphones. The ambient sounds and water droplets at the four minute mark really are done better justice through a big sound system. It’s a large sonic landscape that Liam Daly creates and cheap headphones are not the correct listening tool for the job.
Following on from ‘Heartache’ is the title track ‘Lifted’ and although I wasn’t very surprised by the first listen, the fourth or fifth time that you put it on, there are new sounds and landscapes that you can discover. You are able to download the new tunes from Closer’s bandcamp page and if you are looking for the perfect relaxation tool or ambient sleep music, then this is it. I’m unsure whether Closer is playing any shows coming up, but hit this guy up. Sweet ambient electronica at it’s best.
Out now via independent release
Written by Tex Miller