San Francisco based foursome, Aluminum, offer the sort of fractious 80/90s, alternative melodies, that was so indicative of the Cherry Red Records and Creation Records acts of yesteryear, in a Windowpane EP that offers left field eclecticsm aplenty.

Initially, the title track offers the best of melodic, late 80s post-punk. Shackled toa  persistent, isolated dominant riff, dual male/female vocals are twisted within layers of guitars that appear to fall upon the aesthetic from every conceivable angle, without ever disrupting the genre’s pervasive constriction. From a modern perspective this feel like the Primo! sound has been augmented with a further melodic insistence.

Fuzz and reverb are also very much part of the incessant affray. Solar steps just off the edge of The Photocopies, C86 fuzz driven playfulness and into gloriously stressed reverb territories, whereas Red and Gold, takes the reverb into the more definitive angst laden 90s guitar-pop territories of the Thousand Yard Stare, juxtaposed with the softer gaze propensities of Lush.

Without doubt though, the ovewhelming stand out, is the also the absolute outlier in With You. Startling as much for it’s difference to the remainder of the EP as its stunning The Royal Landcaping Society style crystalline jangling beauty and The Field Mice style vocal refrain, this is the best track that Sarah Records never released.

At just four ‘real’ tracks, this release shows that genuine substance can be found in the smaller things in life.

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