Hold On

by SääD from Thirroul, Australia

Ambient

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Hold On is off the forthcoming 2 track release (March 13), Postcards, from imprint lo fi spiritual. It sounds like Bon Iver improvising over Brian Eno.

This is an oversimplification, but think lush atmospheric sound beds with auto-tuned, male falsetto guiding the track’s emotive direction. Peers have also said it reminds them of Burial without the drums.

Regardless of comparisons, Postcards is an ethereal, beautiful collaborative work between vocalist Dylan Regtop aka SääD, pictured above, and Ambien, one of the aliases of producer Chris Hancock.

At the time of the recording, both artists lived in the Australian innercity suburb of Redfern, and enjoyed an evening beer at their local pub, The Tudor Hotel. It was at closing time after one of their social drinking sessions that this album was recorded. Chris’ studio at the time, was just across the road from the pub.

Dylan and Chris have long been musical muses. Both artists have two children and met in the playground of Redfern park whilst on Dad duty. You could say that this collaboration was inevitable. Sadly for their friendship, Chris has now moved out of the city to the south coast. This record is therefore more of a postcard from Chris to Dylan; a record of their former lives.