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Avoidance

by Geoff Kevin

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Faery Dance 06:02

about

This is a joint project by Sydney Artists Geoff Towner (Decoder Ring, El Mopa etc) and Kevin Purdy (Tooth, Purdy, etc). Two multi instrumentalist composers, who, as luck would have it, came together to produce this beautiful album. Avoidance is a richly melodic, hypnotising journey that is worth taking.

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Kevin Purdy has been running his Soft Records label since 2000. His Output
Has always been refreshing, inviting and immersive, drawing the dots between Canterbury sound, the melodic new wave of The feelies, Tuxedomoon, Dislocation Dance, et al, and loping of early Ninja Tune. The mixes Purdy uploads to his Next Up Mixcloud account demonstrate the full breadth of his listening.
Geoff Kevin is Purdy’s collaboration with fellow Sydney singer/Songwriter Geoff Towner. Their debut release Avoidance sees Purdy in the producer role. He bathes Towner’s lyrics and vocals in a surround-sound ambience of layered guitars and atmospherics without straying from each song’s focus, purpose and statement. Multi-instrumentalist Purdy provides plenty of laconic guitar licks, 12-string jangling, canyon drums and laid-back bass strolling. Glockenspiel is handled by him and Towner, who also strums multiple guitars. The tracks often skirt the baroque, usually to lean back into a casual register. There’s a lot of space in the songs, making the record a low-key listening luxury.
Towner’s vocals shift from quiet jubilance (“Parallel Universe”) to soft wailing (“Sense of the Storm”). “Parallel Universe” sports some watery guitar, muted trumpet and great sighing harmonies; the track dubs down to a Beatles-flavoured conclusion. The mid-section of “Sense of the Storm” devolves into Frippish envelopes of clean distortion. There’s always something modulating anything the ear catches.
Instrumentals “Rejigger the Lot” and “Faery dance” recall the darkly colourful yet bleached tonalities of Purdy’s superb solo releases like In Transit (2017). He might not be as breakneck prolific as most avant Bandcampers are these days, but maybe he’s not in such a hurry, and whatever he does is always worth the wait.

Philip Brophy THE WIRE Oct 2021

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released October 7, 2021

All compositions Towner / Purdy
All lyrics Towner
Production and recording Purdy
Guests: Jim Denley, Penny Mcbride, Yasmin Percy, Peter Hollo and Christian Houllemare

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Geoff Kevin Sydney, Australia

Geoff Kevin is the work of two Sydney musicians, Geoff Towner and Kevin Purdy. Three years in the making, 'Avoidance' is a remarkable product of their joint abilities to shape great melodies and rich musical ideas. Both multi-instrumentalists and composers Geoff & Kevin, with the assistance of a host of musical friends, have succeeded in producing a very fine and powerful album. ... more

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