I may have first come across Conner Youngblood (twitter) with the lo-fi and bass heavy sound of Monsters, but he’s not one to be kept within a genre bracket. No, we had the uplifting marching sounds of Australia back in October, and today he’s put together a mixtape of his work to date in Sketches Pt.1 – a compilation of four songs we know and love, and four pieces of new material.
Better Slow Down is soft and simple with just layers of voices upon a fertile ground off-kilter rhythmic tin-can drums, whilst Color Blind (I swear) is more of an under-produced American folk-influenced serenade. Down #2 is back on the electronic groove, with soulful vocals over soft synth-lines and a drum machine that could almost be from Jamie Woon’s back catalogue.
Sketches Pt.1 shows the undeniable talent of Conner Youngblood, we are just waiting for him to decide on his path and follow it into a full-length soon.