WOZNIAK - AUSTER EP

Edinburgh's Wozniak, whose superb Five Star featured on the first Almost Scottish Fiction ep release their second ep. Auster tomorrow (June 29), the follow up to their superb debut e.p. Pikes Peak.  Auster represents a leap forward for the band as it takes their shoegaze  and post rock influenced sound and adds layers and layers to it producing a set of four songs that are brilliantly noisy but also multi layered and really quite clever.

Opener Snow Effect is a slice of Ride or Slowdive like fuzz noise with wonderfully whispered vocals that packs quite a sonic punch and ultimately is an outstanding track. Amongst the four excellent tracks here, Snow Effect is the standout for me. Next up we have Wings Of Pegasus which starts like My Bloody Valentine before a bassline Kim Deal would be proud of propels the song forward into a rush of shimmering guitars that's really quite marvellous. Gospel Of Infinity adds even more power to the mix with a track built around a crunching riff and an almost military drum beat that is reminiscent of Mogwai but has Wozniak's own stamp on it thorough. The e.p. then ends with the 8 minute beast that is Helder + Zelda. An initial slow build of bass and spiky, reverb laden guitars lead to a wall of noise that is quite breathtaking before the track returns to its beginnings, ending the e.p. perfectly.

As someone who is old enough to remember shoegaze the first time round, it's great to hear artists like Wozniak use the power and drama of that type of music as a basis for their own hugely impressive work. Auster  is an excellent e.p. and Wozniak clearly have something special about them.

Wozniak release the Auster ep on June 29th on iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, select record shops and through their own Bandcamp page www.wozniak.bandcamp.com

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ALMOST SCOTTISH FICTION VOLUME 1

To help promote as much of the best new Scottish music as possible, we at Almost Predictable Almost have joined forces with our friends at Scottish Fiction (http://scottishfiction.blogspot.co.uk) to release a monthly series of free e.p's called Almost Scottish Fiction. Volume 1 is out today and features four tracks in total, with two chosen by each blog.

The tracklist for the first e.p. is:

1. Wandering On A Night Without Stars - Exit-Omni feat. Dear Lara 

2. The Bridge - Malmo 

3. Five Star - Wozniak

4. Machines (Original Extended Edit) - Twissted

All four tracks are superb and yet more evidence of the incredible music scene in Scotland at the moment. Grab these tracks, then go and find out more about each of the artists - you won't regret it.

To download the e.p., go here https://almostpredictablealmost.bandcamp.com/album/almost-scottish-fiction-volume-1  or to the Scottish Fiction bandcamp page https://scottishfiction.bandcamp.com/album/almost-scottish-fiction-volume-1-2 and dive on in.

Thanks very much to all the artists for agreeing to take part. Thanks very much too to Findlay at Burnhouse Industries for providing the artwork. The next e.p. will be available in May.