If patience were an instrument,this Toronto band Absolutely Free have reached Shankir-levels. After two celebrated EP’s (2012’sU.F.O./Glass Tassle and 2013’s “On A Beach/Clothed Woman, Sitting“, the build up for the LP was well-rewarded. Single “Beneath The Air” sounds like Neu! jamming with The Sea And Cake, and introduces us to a selection of sunny Krautrock grooves that sink into your pleasure centres. Absolutely Free wafts through the room like the smell of fresh cookies, with a lingering elation that suggests some special ingredient.
Drawing on all kinds of fun ’60s and ’90s influences, and sounding like that recent baggy revival but interesting and enjoyable to dance to, I assumed Absolutely Free were guaranteed something resembling popularity with this collection of songs, but it has yet to be forthcoming. The kind of closed eyed bliss out that you’d expect from guys that play guitars and talk in “we’s” and not “I’s”- which in 2014, is a fucking revolution in itself.
The Fat Angel Sings 