MARC ALMOND WITH STARCLUSTER Silver City (Expanded Edition) CROWS I taped it by leaning SDZ 27686 I taped it by leaning the microphone from my clunky cassette recorder against the speaker of our old transistor radio and I listened to that tape over and over again” Nick Hornby You'll find a unique mix of pieces with just Arthur singing and playing his Cello to more leftfield rock pop oriented tracks with a surprising use of drum machines there’s a de facto John Foxx tribute in the angular soundscapes of ‘Pixelated’ and there’s also a loving recognition of three seminal cult synth pop tracks in Marc and Starcluster’s inventive cover versions of Ronny’s ‘To Have And Have Not’ Tracks on ‘Silver City’ are aesthetically inspired by classic electronic pop and all have been composed using 80s analogue synthesiser sounds there’s a pleasing Moroder Vangelis vibe to ‘Smoke And Mirrors’