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45 ACP 'Slick Response' (Lies)
L.I.E.S is a vinyl imprint run by Ron Morelli that doesn’t really have a strict musical policy. If it’s weird, unique, club-ready or possessed, it’s likely to get a look-in, and the ‘Grave Response’ EP from 45 ACP checks most of those boxes. It’s a serene, haunting record that covers more than one tempo and genre range, but here we concentrate on the A1, ‘Slick Response’. It has a pretty constant 4/4 kick, but that’s all that’s regular about it. There are feverish claps and snares, alien synth pulses and a clattering drum that adds a nice element of groove. It’s the most listenable and accessible on the EP, and once it kicks into gear in the second half with its beautiful melodies, you’ll be taken to your special place. This isn’t the first time L.I.E.S has done this to us; we hope it’s not the last.
8/10
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