Danny Barwick – Milkolka
Danny Barwick has been on my radar for a hot minute. One quarter of his 2017 Distance EP was a song called ‘Flickering’, good enough that I included it in my 2017 Unearthed Staff Picks and juiced it for months afterwards. It had all the elements that I’ve come to understand as part of Danny Barwick’s brilliance. Fizzing synths, his (sorta) deep voice and most notably, perfect piano lines. Every song is built around a gorgeous key section in such a way that I’m a whole bunch of certain that his writing process surely starts with just mister Barwick at a piano. Don’t misunderstand me here, Danny’s records might have some beautiful elements but so often they’re just outright sinister. The production on this newest single ‘Milkolka’ is more threatening than that letter from Allianz I received when I forgot to finalize a third part insurance claim, strings demented and mishapen, synths stabbing wildly like prison shanks in the dark. Seriously though, you gotta make sure you submit the claim or else you will get a sinister letter with the heading ‘Intention To Sue’.
‘Milkolka’ is the first taste from his next EP releasing by the name ‘Tigers’ which I expect we’ll get to hear in 2019.
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This is really lovely & original – a real treat.