Don Niño -
In The Backyard Of Your Mind (Infiné)
“In The Backyard Of Your Mind”, the latest album from
Don Niño (a.k.a Nicolas Laureau) is largely self-composed, with occasional
support mustered from brother, F. Lor (Yann Tierson, Dirty Three), Mitch Pires
(NLF3), Lori Chun Berg (Bergs Sand Nipple, Herman Düne) and Luke Sutherland
(Long Finn Killie, Mogwai). It’s the culmination of two years spent contemplating
musical fragments and curious sounds, and the idiosyncratic outcome is as
sunshiny as it is dense. His introspective lyrics are thoughtful and teem with
personal analysis whilst musically he draws on folk, jazz, pop, world music and
electronica.
The album is dissected midway through by the
instrumental “Freebird”, which reeks of carnival spirit. The first half, with
the exception of the downer folk of “Myself By Heart”, bubbles along with easy
beats, like those on “Everything Collapsed All Right”, which has shades of
Alfie’s upbeat jazz-folk-pop, while the second half is haggard and gothic, and contains
the narcotic bossa nova of “Mellow To Blossom”.
Willsk
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