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"Blonde" E​.​P

by Ivy Lab

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Husk 03:34
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Q.Nix 03:30
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Gopher 02:49
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Blonde 02:43

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Ivy Lab wrap up their rapidfire drop of E.Ps across winter 2020 with “Blonde E.P”

North London duo Gove and Jay (aka Sabre & Stray) close out the year with their 3rd E.P in as many months, unveiling a grumpy, and at times inappropriately energetic, grey-weather soundtrack.

The 5-tracker opens up with an experiment in over-loud industrial trap with ‘Husk’, before drastically retreating for both ‘Q.Nix’ and ‘Start the clock’ with their shared swampy / spooky demeanour and medicated tempo . Previously unveiled via the ‘Boost Tape 01’ compilation (curated by r/trap) in the summer, a remastered and updated version of ‘Gopher’ returns the E.P back to territory similar to its broken-circuit opening. The title track closes out the release, lightening the mood slightly with its less abrasive choral choices and approach to distortion.

As with the previous two releases in the series, ‘Blonde E.P’ comes accompanied by a gallery of images from photographer Above Ground whose shots give mood and accent to their partner-track.

Each of the 15 beats that span these three EPs had originally been written with alternate purposes in mind, but the opportunity-scuppering chaos of 2020 led us to the decision to unleash the lot of them grouped together in quick succession instead. The whole process ended up being really cleansing and serves as proof that as one door closes, another one opens.

“We had quite different plans for these 15 tracks, and then of course the world went to shit and we had to rethink at pace. Those original plans being disrupted might have been a blessing; the re-invention gave us some very welcome structure……”

“...... Lukas (Above Ground) might just be our favourite street photographer. Curating his imagery to specific tracks has given this series a really interesting episodic / soap-opera feel” ~ Ivy Lab

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released December 11, 2020

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