Meet Vondelpark. They are from Surrey. They don't have a Myspace. They don't have much outside of a website. In fact, search Vondelpark, and you will come up with the actual park in Amsterdam. Want to impress people with some obscure band? Try out Vondelpark. But, of course, there is more to a band than their obscurity...
They have a record out. Or, rather, they have an EP out. It's called NYC Stuff and NYC Bags. It's almost 22 minutes. That's it. They aren't necessarily electronic music. They aren't exactly a threat to James Blake. What are they? They are an enigmatic trio with an even more enigmatic sound. Imagine ice on a counter top. Picture the way it slowly turns to water than drips drips drips into a growing puddle to the floor below. As it gathers, each drip creates a splash bigger than the last. Vondelpark reminds me of that ice. It's cool. But, it's water at heart meaning that it's a simplistic sound that under its conditions, appears as something else. The more you look at it, the more it reduces to what it is. But that's why this EP is so perfect...
Vondelpark never exceeds its set boundaries. In fact, they define their own boundaries. The production is exceptional for its minimalist origins as these hobbyists show an enormous amount of potential from their enthusiastic project. R&B style vocals are topped with well written guitar parts and enormous, textural keyboards and synths perfectly package this EP...
But there is also the possibility of the debut fall short of their potential. My recommendation? Check out this band. Cherish them. Let their debut come out and get praised by musical outlets. Brag about how much you loved them before hand. Then, as you bore of their sound (back to the ice metaphor, it will reduce to water over time), slowly distance yourself from them. But when their popularity slowly dissipates, you can come back to them after the heat has reduced, and they will be that cool ice once more...
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