There The Open Spaces
In this instance, the singer is songwriter Markland Starkie. Known as Sleeping States to you and I, Markland has produced an earnest charm of an album, minimal in volume but not in effect. Opening compositions gently overlap into a hushed blur of soft electric guitar work and delicate vocals that float between delightful and haunting.
For the most part, its whimsical tones are best listened to alone in the bedroom, though half way through, ‘September, Maybe' makes you want to take Friday off work and hit the highway so you can tap along to its delightfully simple rhythm on the dashboard. The following track, ‘I Wonder', will have you taking Monday off as well, as its dreamy vocals flatter an uncomplicated arrangement that is just so enjoyably easy on the ear. It's an addictive track.
From there on, Markland jettisons the rhythm section and curls back to the calmer guitar and vocal compositions with ten-minute long ‘Memory Games' winding down proceedings to a mere melancholic twang of guitar. It's a suitably brooding outro to what is best description as an intimate and entirely worthwhile listen.
Release: Album
To Cure: A broken heart
Keywords: sleeping states
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