Always Gold - EP

Always Gold - EP feels like an heirloom passed down through generations, its edges frayed but its core remarkably intact. Ben Cooper, the mastermind behind Radical Face, constructs a sonic world that is both expansive and claustrophobic, mirroring the complicated nature of family ties. The music is built on a foundation of acoustic guitars and pianos, but it is the 'found sound' percussion: the thud of a floorboard, the snap of a twig: that gives the record its tactile, lived-in quality. It is a record that sounds like it was recorded in a drafty house during a long winter, where the only warmth comes from the stories told around a fire.