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ARTIST
SOTELO, ROBERT
TITLE
Celebrant
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
UPSET THE RHYTHM
CATALOG #
UTR 139LP
UTR 139LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
3/18/2022
Robert Sotelo
is a mercurial melodist building a resplendent world of pristine DIY pop from the ground up. The Glasgow-based artist's songs are meticulously crafted, patchworked together with eclectic arrangements and ardent vocal performances. Each of his albums to date has been accompanied by a growth-spurt, 2017's debut
Cusp
(UTR 098LP) was packed with miniature psych overtures, whilst 2018's
Botanical
was more keyboard-minded and playful with a near-absurdist palette of sound.
Infinite Sprawling
(UTR 122LP) came out towards the end of 2019 and surprised with songs pulled together like a wakeful stretch, brisk with a lightness of touch. This was neatly followed by
Leap & Bounce
melding a sparse synth-pop minimalism to an emotional undertow. Robert Sotelo's vivid new album
Celebrant
was intended to be and still is to some extent a joyous wedding album (Sotelo is recently married), but in his own words "the pandemic and the death of my aunt
Carmen
intersected with the original concept so the album is darker than intended in places." More cinematic and measured than prior albums, Sotelo expounds that "it is purposefully a bigger sounding attempt at my keyboard songs and I felt more ambitious about it in general." That's certainly reflected in these twelve sophisticated loops of song, all curiously affecting and catchy, sprinkled with Sotelo's offbeat musings and keenly accurate observations. Guitars are rarely employed on this record with Sotelo recruiting
Iain Mccall
,
Ross Blake
,
Celia Morgan
and
David Maxwell
to contribute brass, woodwind, spoken word and acoustic drums respectively. All of these additions blend well with the album's synthetic core, softening and subtly shaping its pop-first nature into something more nuanced, vulnerable and human.
Celebrant
is a plucky synth-centric collection of unbridled songs at times surefooted at others threatened by disconnect, skillfully steered by Sotelo with typical classy touch. 180 gram vinyl.
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