Technically, "Take A Holiday" is actually the lead track from JUXTAPOSITION'S forthcoming 5-track debut EP, but seeing as how this 1-track promo version's sneaked out blinking into the world at the band's recent slew of gigs, we should already be taking notice.
Alternating between strident and mellifluous, "Take A Holiday" is a little more linear than some of the material currently skulking in this excellent quartet's present set, but - clocking in at just four minutes - this is an infectious beaut, with Will Saunders' wonderfully droll voice, lovely keening backing vocals and Lee Mallinson's expressive drumming all registering on my Richter scale.
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The promo comes paired with Hamish Robertson's jerkily effective spherical video shoot of the band in action at Glasgow's 13th Note club. The shadowy footage suits Juxtaposition's enigmatic, but welcoming Post-Rock sound to a T.
Signing off with Will's great "Let's celebrate!" and a glorious rush of guitars, "Take A Holiday" is a memorable first salvo from a fascinating quartet who are aleady sounding difficult to pigeonhole. The EP proper should really turn heads.
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