U – First let’s mention the video made by Aaron Anderson and Eric Timothy Carlson and let’s indeed enjoy the video and the art, before we try and work out who U are and what’s happening musically….

Black Vaughan instantly demands attention, something to do with the atmosphere, or is it the inviting textures, those dark rumbles, those deep drums? I said rumbles before I read their own words; “In Black Vaughan the rumbling of battlefield drums beckon us into the sinister tale of a tyrant felled in conflict whose spirit lived on to terrorise local residents until his eventual exorcism by 12 parsons who captured his spirit in a silver snuff box. U’s rumination on this tale of violence, fear and woe is striking in the intricate way it weaves spoken word, spectral, heart-wrenching piano melodies and stirring, almost triumphant horn lines reminiscent of the soundtrack to Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.” Magnificent, six minutes of glorious dark atmosphere, brooding, inviting, intriguing. 

A beautiful piano beckons us towards the second of the two tracks here “Is It A Kind Of Dream? takes the familiar sound of a child singing hymn-like, perhaps in a school assembly or village hall, and adds a melancholy twist with a haunting backing choir, all bathed in beautiful, warming record crackle. It creates a Lynchian primary school assembly vibe, with the familiarity of upright pianos heard throughout many childhoods, in a vaguely unsettling ambience.

Now there’s probably a press release or an e.mail or something that made me go check out U a few days back, don’t ask me where it is, have you seen how many e.mails come in here everyday, they’re scattered all over the floor over there and here, you have the music, the videos, the art, the links, you go explore, you go reward yourself, you go find out. U, who ever he is or they are, are our Organ Thing Of The Day

Bandcamp / Linktree / Instagram: majoranticlimax / erictimothycarlson / aaron_anderson

This video goes with a piece of music that saw the light of day late last year, clearly there’s lots to explore here…

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And there’s a few familiar times and East London places/faces in this one…