The seven inch single as a terrifying experience? A cool band from Leicester? What times we live in, my friends. ‘Elvis Presley Séance’ is the latest offering from Fish from Tahiti, and like a lot of their material, it mines a rich seam of spoken vocal samples. This time, we are listening to a middle-aged-housewife-from-Slough cum medium describing, with a teeth grinding banality that eventually becomes creepily atmospheric, the séance she is about to conduct. Combine this vocal with the crisp, slow drum loop and reverse sound effects that roll along under it and you get a strange hybrid – Brian Eno meets Ealing studios, to provide the perfect soundtrack to a night in with the ouija board.
Sorted Records are consistently true to themselves and often release on the assumption that profits let alone hits are out of the question. This leaves them flying the flag for some of the more original acts in the Midlands, and the Fishes are certainly one of these. So, if you’re planning a murder, exorcism, or a romantic evening in with your mother’s corpse, and are looking for that little something to get you in the mood – treat yourself to some vinyl. Check out ‘Elvis Presley Séance’.