Fiction : 'Curiosity'
Released: Out Now!
Label: Offset Recordings
It wouldn’t be too unfair to say that I don’t have a great deal of knowledge about Fiction. They’re relatively new, getting a lot of hype on the internet and playing some good shows around London at the moment. On this, their debut single, we get a rather delightful and quirky indie band. Opening with a rolling bassline while jangling guitars fire back and forth across the rhythm section. A little bridge takes you through into an, appropriately, curious little breakdown before looping into the chorus and building to close.
The b-side (I don’t have a title for this) opens with a huge, driving rhythm with big pounding, almost tribal, percussion and much harder vocals than on “Curiosity”. Think some of darker, more chant led areas of the first Foals album. A lethargic, slightly afro-tinged synth line floats in and out at moments of it’s own choosing for added atmosphere. A big ambient breakdown leads up to a section of machine gun drumming and building vocals dropping to nothing.
I can now safely say two or three things about Fiction: they might not be the most original band around at the moment, but they have a certain something that will make people pay attention. Oddly compelling stuff.
Words: James Hoste
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