Album Review: Lo-Fang - Blue Film

On paper, this should be a brilliant record: 4AD-released indie-electro, composed by a classically trained multi-instrumentalist with an ear for grooves and a mind for heartfelt lyrics. Unfortunately, the sum of these parts is oddly less than presented individually. Clunky lyrics and all too often meandering compositions wound every great idea on the album. Immaculately produced, the album does have shades of hip indie electroniceers James Blake and Twin Shadow, but the songs themselves just don't quite stand up. Rather pleasant and enticing, but ultimately a little hollow – hopefully it's simply an inauspicious start to Lo-Fang's career.