We at TLOBF have a lot to thank Fireworks Night for. Among their most recent achievements, their label Organ Grinder Records helped bring Left With Pictures to us and Firworks Night themselves played TLOBF’s Ill Fit club night just recently, which I understand was rather good. Their current offering though, is this new EP (or mini-album, if you like 28 minutes and six songs, it’s quite a beefy EP) A Mirror, A Ghost.

First up is “You, Holding.” One of the first things you notice is the curious, half-spoken vocal style which dominates the album. The song is a haunting affair, a slow descent into a yawning abyss, which gradually and patiently grows in intensity before everything is stripped away again - maybe we reached the bottom? Continue Reading

A band that are currently making many a TLOBF staff writer weak at the knees; Left With Pictures‘ new EP Secretly is an enchanting stroke of chamber pop genius. The band have actually been around since 2005 and have previously self-released two EP’s, plus a single ‘Bows and Arrows’ from last year. It wasn’t until last years End Of The Road festival though that Left With Pictures were eventually picked up by a label. Organ Grinder records first saw them perform at the festival and couldn’t believe they weren’t already signed. That soon changed though, and almost to a year to the date of their first meeting Secretly gets its release on 29th September.  To give you a bit of a taster of what to expect you lucky so and so’s can download an exclusive track ‘Super-8′, available on our current September mixtape here..

We recently caught up with the East London based trio to find out a bit more about their background and what makes them tick.

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