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Obliquely Serenely

by Lespectre

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Obliquely Serenely

Obliquely Serenely is the second single taken from Bristol dream-pop band Lespectre's debut album A Stray, A Dream, Forgiveness, released on 16 October.

A coruscating dreamscape in D minor, it finds the band making their most overt foray yet into the world of ambient synth textures, with singer Tom Hackwell's fizzing Moog sounds melding beatifically with big brooding guitar chords and woozy interlocking vocal harmonies.

Recorded at the iconic Coach House studio, where Massive Attack and Portishead recorded some of the city's most famous records, this is a new Bristol sound; the song's chimerical lyrics are a stream of consciousness, crafted by Hackwell and co-songwriter and drummer Max Perry.

Fans of Cocteau Twins, Mazzy Star, Cigarettes After Sex, Beach House and other such somnolent delights will find lots to love in Obliquely Serenely.

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Obliquely Serenely



In the burning room
We take out the light
And I think about what’s happened here
And my luck is your luck

There’s something somebody saw
There’s something somebody saw


And we will fall to sleep
And here is not too far
And here we think

Obliquely, serenely

Sideways falls through glass
(as I fall and you fall too)

The night when somebody asked

It seemed to be that darkness had followed me

A fallow land rests by a dying sea

And then somebody asked

And then somebody asked



And we will fall to sleep
And here is not too far
And here we think

Obliquely, serenely


And we’ve got to come back now

And we will fall to sleep
And here is not too far
And here we think

Obliquely, serenely

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released September 18, 2020
Recorded, produced and mixed by Tom Hackwell at Coach House Studio

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Lespectre Bristol, UK

Lespectre are an atmospheric dream-pop band from Bristol.

With a coruscating, sun-dappled sound, fans of the sleepy splendour of bands such as Cigarettes After Sex, Phosphorescent and Phoebe Bridgers will find much to love here.

Debut EP Atmospheric Dream-pop From Bristol was recorded at Bristol’s Coach House Studio, where Massive Attack conjured their shadowy masterpiece, Blue Lines. ... more

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