Come on the phone

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It sounds like these boys from Birmingham aren't letting us into the whole story with this 4 track EP. Not only are the titles of the songs - Oh Darlin', Come On The Phone, etc - at odds to their abstract and grungy sound, but it's also obvious from their influences they should be based in a large German city and their records released by a small independent label from Berlin. Almost vocal-less throughout, Magnétophone seem to rely heavily on sampling to get their sound, and unusually for such a style of music leave it all thoroughly unpolished, which gives it warmth and depth that I rarely hear in electronica. This beautifully packaged EP is followed next month by an album I Guess Sometimes I Need To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me. Just got to wonder about those titles ...