You Dared Me by Flying Ibex - Bomb Shop [BMS031] FLAC download included with physical items

You Dared Me

A 2 track indie pop single (8m 13s) — released April 15th 2013 on Bomb Shop

Limited edition (250 copies) 7" transparent vinyl with download code.

From their beginnings as the house band at a commune of artists in south London, improvising to silent films and theatre pieces, Flying Ibex have progressed through a sea of influences including African tapes, Brazilian Maracatu and analogue gear. The band emerged at the end of 2012 with their debut album Travel in Dangerous Places ("Immensely pretty... I'm smitten with this record" Tom Ravenscroft). Largely the solo work of Barnaby Keen, the album laid out the songwriting and arrangement blueprint for what was to come - the polyrhythmic grooves, deceptively simple harmonies and wandering melodies of that record are in full bloom on this new material. The tracks, taken from the band's forthcoming second album, see Flying Ibex grow beyond the solo talents of Barnaby Keen and fully incorporate the skills of bassist Nathaniel Keen and drummer Dave De Rose, who between them sport a list of collaborations including Mark Ronson, Andreya Triana, Moloko, Sound Species and Electric Jalaba, amongst other projects.

"You Dared Me" is a heavy slice of echoed-out, tropical, dub-influenced indie with more hooks that velcro, whilst "Something Was Cured" lets loose at higher tempos with shifting syncopations underpinning a killer vocal.

Swift, shuffling drumwork with Battles-esque guitar noodling... decisively lush - Ray Finlayson Beats Per Minute

Immensely pretty... I'm smitten - Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6 Music

Riding their Brazilian and African sonic reference points to an entirely new and contemplative place - The Demiurge

Lush and vibrant vibes - Sound Colour Vibration

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