MusicMafia introduces Escapologists

Escapologists  are:  Neil  Wells,  (bass  and  vocals) , Pete  Fletcher,  (guitar, production)  and  Nick Jonah  Davis,  (guitar,  keyboards).

Escapologists  are a Nottingham/Berlin based trio making dreamy indie-electronica that seems to exist within its own self-contained world. A world filled a sense of  yearning  and  nostalgia.

Recalling Talk  Talk at  the point where their  early indie dance-floor  hits  morphed into a more introspective body of work. Escapologists make songs of a pop sensibility full of distorted grooves and clean spacious  vistas. Vocally and lyrically,  singer Neil  Wells  relays  stories  of  loss  in  an  ever-mournful , dulcet  vocal. The  sense  conveyed is of  smouldering  fires somewhere  in  the  distance, always  on the verge of conflagration. 

Escapologist (definition): 

An entertainer who specializes in freeing himself or herself from confinement. 

'Conscience or Regret' is taken from Escapologists forthcoming album ‘Fireworks’.  It is an album that also  recalls  The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’: a sense of melancholy is woven into unexpected melodies, nuanced synth lines and guitar hooks that creep up on  you slowly  and  stay  with you a long while after.  

‘Fireworks’ recalls the spirit of the early 80’s  in its  blending of post-rock’s  stylistic  and pop’s  melodic structures, but is one not of slavish replication, but a sound both fresh and wholly personal. 

Escapologists album 'Fireworks' is out 1st October (also via Records, Records, Records label).

http://escapologists.net/

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