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Album review: The LittleMatchGirl “Sheep Story” (Here Records, 2009)

1/21/2015

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This is a mysterious yet kick-ass EP crammed full of ambient shoegazing post-rock noise by a band I unfortunately never managed to see live, assuming they actually played as a proper “gig band”. Indeed the CD was passed on to me by my friend Allan who discovered it lurking in the racks of the old DJ Siam store. The LittleMatchGirl take their name from a Hans Christian Andersen short story and comprise Oranan Tanpanitanon (vocals, piano), Noppadon Imocha (drums), Weera Mektippachai (guitar), Narisorn Charupawongse (guitar), and Somkiat Issariyawanich (guitar). Their music echoes that of Talkless, Neuter Lover, and even Yellow Fang, comprising ethereal female vocals in Thai and English over ambient and guitar-driven soundscapes.

Sheep Story is a thematically coherent EP that flows well in a single listening session and there’s good representation of most of the tracks on YouTube. My standout tracks from the eight-track song list are as follows:

  • Drowning – The opening track features successive waves of noise and sound before cranking into a pulsating bass-driven number adorned with searing lead guitar riffs and confessional vocals.

  • Dream – A slower song whose crystalline picked guitar strings mirror ghost-like female singing.

  • If You – Pacey drum-work and acoustic guitars power this song into loops of ever-increasing electric intensity.

  • Let Fall – My favourite track from the EP. Background noises, more acoustic guitars, and breathless vocals build in insanity to the perfect sonic storm of thunder, gunshots and epic six-string riffing. Without doubt an appropriate soundtrack for the impending environmental and societal collapse of this fragile planet we live on. Recommended!

The LittleMatchGirl’s “Sheep Story” EP is yet another of those arresting, dream-like ambient soundscapes that the Bangkok music underground continually spawns forth on a regular basis, and as such makes an excellent aural accompaniment to life in the Thai capital, whether you be shaken down by the cops at Asoke intersection or are watching monitor lizards bask in the sun on the lawn of Lumpini Park. The great news is that Here Records are still selling hard-copies of the CD for the eminently affordable sum of 175 Baht, and you can buy your copy right here.  

- AW


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    Andrew Wright

    Andrew Wright is a geek scholar formerly adrift in Bangkok for 17 years, and now a financial exile in the Middle East. Contact him at andrewwright73@gmail.com

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