DESCRIPTION: Gulp was formed by Super Furry Animals' bassist Guto Pryce and singer Lindsey Leven, and together they have created a unique sound that blends together an almost folk-inspired backdrop with fuzzed-up psychedelic bass guitars and synths.
The album welcomes you in with opening song 'Game Love', with its fuzzy bass that is then broken apart by the dreamy, lust-fuelled vocals of Leven that float over the technicolor landscape of bright sounds and sonic oohs and aahs. It sets you up for the mystical sun-drenched adventure that you are about to embark on, and you quickly realise that it was imperative that this album had to come out in July. It's a summer album through and through. Listening to it in December would be a totally different experience. It needs the warmth and light of the sun to work.
The album then blooms with 'Let's Grow' and 'Clean and Serene', which are both underlined by the same psychedelic sonic punch that drives the album. 'Clean and Serene' seeps in with the haunting line "how does it feel when you know it's a lie? It's all a mystery" and marks one of the moments when Pryce and Leven's vocals really support one another and merge and build together. It's underpinned by funked-up beat and dance inducing synth patterns.
