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The second album (and North American debut) by Norwich England's fiercely independent recording artist FIEL GARVIE features its latest innovations in the delivery of improbable pop music. On 'Leave Me Out Of This' the quintet fashions a deluge of art-pop confections through eleven new compositions. Slower, sparser material recalls Björk, Sigur Ros, Cranes, and could find a cozy home on the first This Mortal Coil album. More rapid and riotous songs suggest Lush, The Delgados, The Cocteau Twins, and Garbage. The album was mixed by producer Phil Vinall [Pulp, The Auteurs, Elastica]. "B-rock" and "Flake" frame the album as ambient bookends. Each piece is well suited for a David Lynch film, highlighted by Anne Reekie's lingering extemporaneous vocal melodies, over a bed of sparse, delicious instrumentation. "I Didn't Say" and "Caught On" provide some of the album's most infectious moments of authentic, unabashed pop. "Got A Reason" and "Talking A Hole In My Head" are enwrapped in a bigger wall of sound, and lean more heavily on Adam Green's commanding guitarwork and Jude Bugden's gliding subterranean bass lines. "He Goes, She Goes" evokes the best of mid-day Cocteau Twins through Anne's exquisite, unmatched delivery, the high peels of revolving guitar noise, Greg MacDermott's orchestral drumming, and the precious drops of mouth-watering backing vocals delivered by Emma Corlett. "There You Go" turns like a merry-go-round, buoyed by an intoxicating meter, sunny-day bells, and the looping quality of Adam's guitar lines and the stirring postscript vocals. Through eleven songs, 'Leave Me Out Of This' weds the innocence of pop with a cunning knowledge of sophisticated musical arrangements at the altar of one of independent music's most extraordinary vocalists. What is most remarkable is how Anne Reekie's idiosyncratic vocals inconspicuously and organically blend into the perfectly-crafted textural landscapes created by herself and fellow songwriter Adam Green. The result is a marriage of sound, standpoint, and science that both calms and confronts in a truly unforgettable auditory experience. 'Leave Me Out Of This' is released in a gorgeous eight-panel digipack, enveloped by a sheath, with artwork and design by orphananne.