Description
Whilst his debut solo LP, 2014’s Float, melded ethereal song-writing deeply inspired by Western lo-fi pop, Mali blues and avant-garde folk, this time round Harting recalibrates towards a more pop-orientated approach, the resulting album oscillating between melancholic dreamscapes, swells of articulate outpourings and synth-laden shamanic dance tracks.
Working over a sustained period of time to shape imaginary forms and sketches into lucid sound collages, the twelve tracks were written, played and recorded solely by himself. Armed with his guitars, loop pedals, a foot-operated synth and analogue electronics, Harting’s work in Summer of Crush is a series of captivating, emotional and at times, disconcerting, trips. The collection of influences that feed in to these songs are like mysterious far-flung stamps on the Danish born musician’s passport, and the tales that he has to tell root you to the spot with their sparkling vivacity and intimate composure.
