White dreams of black? Ok! Virtually part of the indie establishment now, Tom White should be known to many as guitarist in Electric Soft Parade and Brakes and, having reverted to his Sunday name, is now a solo artist in his own right.
‘I Dream of Black’ is chameleonic from start to finish. ‘Starrry Nite #2′ recalls psychedelic McCartney, ‘Will The Moon Ever Rise Again’ is My Bloody Valentine minus the wall of noise and the title track is one of many instrumentals employing atmospheric string swirls colliding malevolently with crisp, slithering analogue noise. Conveniently at the midpoint, ‘This is Just a Little Interlude’ is exactly that, a jolly, shuffling surf guitar workout which should just give you enough time to secure one of those tiny ice cream pots from a hostess.
Largely experimental, slightly mental, ‘I Dream of Black’ may very well be the best thing Thomas White has ever produced, just what brother Alex thinks of that is another matter!
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