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Lee Lawrence 'Back Down On My Knees' (Safer At Night)
Safer At Night’s co-founder Lawrence Lee continues the label’s vinyl-only series with a four-track EP of techno-tinged electro. ‘Back Down On My Knees’ sets the pace with a percussive-fuelled opener that’s all snapping top lines and cascading drones. ‘I’m Amazed’ is the polar opposite, though, as Lee combines field recordings with a tender piano solo for a melancholic interlude. The EP regains its club footing with the off-kilter drums on ‘Rubber Jam’ before Lee delivers the EP’s most devilish cut, the aptly named ‘There Will Be Blood’, which combines zapping leads with clunking drum work and throbbing basslines.
7/10
