Crest
Nature Scene, 2020
8/10
An Anglo-Slovene trio who specialize in unconventional pop sounds, Kreda brings members of Melodrom, Laibach and Yila to a quick EP of very adventurous and unpredictable song craft.
“Soft Calls” starts the listen with breathy yet expressive vocals as the exploratory music brings synth stabs and plenty of ambience as part of the equation, and “The Overlay” continues the creativeness with a slow burning and darker display of emotive manipulation.
The back half of the listen offers the keys and mysterious atmosphere of “Emotional Tides”, which yields a cinematic quality amid its rich textures, and “Never Talk” ends the listen with a sparse delivery where a drum machine and spacey sounds are in attendance and run alongside the strategically spaced vocals.
A listen with as much intimacy as there is playfulness, the artistic approach here is never so esoteric that it can’t be enjoyed by all ears with an affinity for unconventional pop prowess.