Azaans across the city intertwining at dusk ~ recorded from the roof of Century Tower, Moghbazar, Dhaka (26/1/14)

Azaan at dusk (audio), Dhaka (26/1/14)

OFFICIAL BURNT TOAST

Review by LUKE HANNAM ("GRAMME", "EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES")...

Whilst it's relatively easy these days to find new things, it's rare to find new things which deserve such a definition in any philosophical sense. 
Official Burnt Toast, the product of Adrian Lawrence’s detour through his own life, puts everything on trial and demands answers, newness becomes a demand, and freshness the result of an artist seeking the truth - i make no apologies for such a poetic introduction there simply is no other way to introduce a poet! 
But anyone yet to hear this new album would be wrong to interpret such introductions as preparing the way for difficult and obscure listening. This couldn’t be further from the truth, Adrian eloquently fuses the lethal observational skills of a Raymond Chandler detective with the subtleties and unsurpassed surgical spirits of a Martin Hannett production circa Joy Division and Section 25. The result is an infectious cocktail of American paranoia, Canadian objectivity and a very English obsession of introspection and the fly on the wall documentary. 
As a bass player and founder of the Emperor's New Clothes, and later Gramme, i share many aesthetic tastes with Official Burnt Toast, the love of exploring the relationship between brittle and powerful, obscurity with the warmth of an accessible sound. This album is a rarity and a wonderful celebration of an artist at the peak of their creative powers. I am proud to own a copy and believe enough to want you also to believe with me! 
Album of the year! and its only January.

Luke Hannam 
EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES

www.myspace.com/officialburnttoast


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