Album Review: Peter Escott - The Long O

11 August 2014 | 11:54 am | Brendan Telford

The distorted washout of closer, The Bell, ensures the insecurities, and the possibilities, will rage on.

Esoteric wordsmith Peter Escott (The Native Cats) strips things back for solo album, The Long O, weird yet weirdly alluring. The bareness of tracks like Mealymouth, O and Believe In Devil World are benefitted by the lack of layers, relying solely on a singular instrument (be it piano, synth, melodica, a rudimentary guitar chord) and a ratchety vocal that strokes the inward-looking id of the dreamer – somewhat strained, stained with anxieties and half-hearted regrets, intellectual aspirations and soul-crushing fears. The distorted washout of closer, The Bell, ensures the insecurities, and the possibilities, will rage on.