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Outshine Family - Galeria De La Luz

Review by J.R. Moores

Galeria de la Luz is pleasant enough, like a less otherworldly Múm, but Nicholson needs to hone his craft a little more, restrain himself when necessary, whilst at the same time loosening up to allow the music to lead him where it instinctively urges to go.»

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rough trade exclusive with a bonus 8 track cd called 'rough trade retrospective'. sumptuous ambient folk banquet, four years in the making. outshine family mainman matthew liam nicholson used more than 80 musicians in the making of 'galeria de la luz', but crucially it never sounds overcooked. typically, tracks begin with a lone banjo or a distant whoosh of electronics: before you know it, you're enveloped by giggling choirs and phalanxes of woozy horns, who vanish again just as mysteriously. 'galeria de la luz' is a slow burning classic in the making, to be filed alongside jim o'rourke, grizzly bear, low and sonic youth's more pastoral moments.
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