Product Description

Mastered by Kramer (producer of Low, Galaxie 500, Dot Allison, Robert Wyatt etc.) renfro's widely acclaimed debut album Mathematics finds lushly layered vocals residing amongst twinkling tunes that float on a sea of pops, clicks and melted circuits. A kind of electronic-alternative-gospel-folk for the 21st Century. Sometimes it's melancholy, and sometimes it chuckles quietly in the corner. The album will be followed by 2 remix EPs featuring reworkings of renfro tracks by Christian Fennesz, AGF/Laub and Porn Sword Tobacco alongside artists from German Electronica pioneers Kitty Yo, and BPitch Control. 2008 will also find renfro starting production work on the second Damero album for Ellen Alliens Berlin-based BPitch Control label.

Track Listing

1. half-life of happiness
2. broken little pieces
3. terrain
4. telescope
5. capture
6. illuminations
7. add/subtract
8. planting flags
9. map of missing things
10. invite the bullets in
11. traces

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #300938 in Music
• Released on: 2008-10-06
• Number of discs: 1

Review
Magical, incredibly subtle and emotional. A tender, haunting album 'Mathematics' bubbles and blossoms with soaring melodies and delicate samples. --Subba-Cultcha.com

Poetic and hopeful, renfro have expanded the possibilities for the future of their work and the genre as a whole. A band with a heart as well as courage. This is an emotional and emotionally daring record. --Foxy Digitalis

A subtle and beautiful album... folk music re-imagined to suit the glow of an LCD screen rather than a campfire. 'Mathematics' is consistently good right across its 55 minutes. --Cyclic Defrost Magazine

Review
Highly creative, you will doubtlessly find yourself playing it over and over again trying to absorb all of the delicate nuances that make up the many layers of their sound....it all comes together quite smoothly to create some brilliant and original songs. With all the effort that renfro put into coming up with new sounds, it is impressive that lyrics are as interesting and complex as they are. On top of this, Branney offers vocals that are incredibly gentle, and perfectly suit the thoughtful lyrics and dreamy electronica. One might compare them to a sample rich merger of Low and Portishead, but that would not do justice to the distinctive sound that renfro have created for themselves. --YME.com

Review
Immensely rewarding, enchanting glacial glitch pop. Bursting with sublime soul-searching vocals, brimming with feeling and lashings of warm melancholia, produced masterfully. Reminds of early Simian, Sigur Ros, Postal Service, Low & Murcof. Definitely an Album Of The Week ! --Norman Records