ICELANDIC 14-piece Benni Hemm Hemm take the "less is more" approach with this glowing five-track EP.Retaliate sounds like it barely jumps out of the starting blocks but the warmth radiating from its every pore is enough to keep the record burning - albeit slowly.
Album opener Retaliate combines feather-light acoustic guitars with delightful piano chimes that build to its pleasant finish, while Blood of My Blood follows a similar route.
Rousing shanty Shipcracks is, without doubt, the record's high point and gives the record a welcomed lease of life before the triumphant conclusion of Blood on Lady Lawson, which can only be described as breathtaking as an Icelandic waterfall.
Retaliate is a simplistic pleasure.
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