Deptford Goth
Songs
3 November 2014
37 Adventures
3.5 stars out of 5
Daniel Woodhouse hails from South
London and records under the name Deptford Goth. As has long been
discussed elsewhere, his music is not goth at all, but rather in the same vein
as fellow dubsteppers-turned-neo-soul-troubadours James Blake and SOHN. Perhaps
a fitting comparison would be Bon Iver with keyboards in place of guitars. Woodhouse’s
first full-length, 2013’s Life After Defo,
gained some attention, and Songs
seems ready to carve out a slightly larger chunk out of the over-saturated
music industry of the Internet Age.
Most of the songs on Songs
are quiet songs, intimate songs, perhaps even sorrowful songs. Songs full of
regret and songs full of broken dreams. Think of it as a form of gospel, only
the object of worship is the ideal of marriage. Or, at the very least, the
ruins of the relationship that must have ended in order to create the sorrow
which permeates these quiet hymns. Songs
doesn’t have any significant peaks or valleys, and as a result much of the
record seems to just drift by. But what drifts by is pleasant enough, and if
you’re looking for a good post-break-up record to mope around to, look no
further.
reviewed by Richard Krueger
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