Clerkin, Tara -trio-
In Spring
Here's a repress of the Bristol-based group's 2021 four-track EP 'In Spring'. At its heart, 'In Spring' is a record of subtle contrasts, experimental yet familiar in its intimacy, obviously modern though tied to certain lineages, and driven by a pop logic which is also free-form and seemingly improvised. Tara Clerkin Trio's approach to sound is perhaps the guiding principle here, less concerned with genre as it is texture and feeling, drawing from jazz, folk, modern composition, trip hop and downtempo electronica, yet evading all of those categorisations.