A friend recently posted Stereolab’s Golden Ball on his Facebook wall with the comment, “Here’s to the slow build,” and that’s exactly our sentiment when we hear Empty Flowers’ Call a Priest — except, well, its build is so slow it technically isn’t a build at all, but more of a smouldering, slow burn.
In any case, Empty Flowers totally have us on the edge of our seat and we’re right there with them every second of this two minute, 38-second song that is such an immensely satisfying experience, we’re only momentarily saddened when it abruptly ends, without any discernible climax.
Call a Priest is taken from SIX, the Connecticut band’s debut album, out now on Translation Loss. Hear more of their stuff now over at Bandcamp.
