PUMA BLUE – ANTICHAMBER

Description

Producer and experimental artist Puma Blue is known for his embrace of jazz, electronica and trip-hop. With antichamber he distances himself from those styles, using an emotionally fertile set-up of vocals, guitar and sparse electronics. His new form of alternative pop is still raw yet lyrically intriguing.

antichamber marks a sonic shift for Puma Blue with Allen writing away from the full band setup focusing on obscure electronic textures and acoustic instrumentation. Whereas Puma Blue’s previous material has honed in on the centre point between trip-hop, Jazz and electronica, antichamber demonstrates a raw and direct approach to songwriting. It’s vulnerable and crushingly beautiful with vocals and guitar being the sole components, at times delivering dense narratives (“tapestry”, “hotel room”) and at others the simplest sentiment (“in the absence of you”).