Little Glitches are a tangle somewhere between folk and a weird acoustic rock. The Sheffield quartet offer a relaxing yet dramatic insight into the minds of confused likeminded individuals.
The release itself isn't the ball breaking, gut wrenching power chord epic that has become the norm in landing on my doormat over recent times. But it is certainly a chilled, well thought out, well produced twenty minutes of acoustic folk driven indie as you will come across this year. Maybe not middle of the road, but more towards the alternative areas of indie that will grow on with every listen.
The best track on the EP is the bands addictive signature tune Mistakes. The actual rhythm section of the band is very thin, but is made up by the layers of various loops, percussion and contrasting gentle plucking and light strumming.
Opening track Second Hand Mind is another track taken from their original demo, which they have added to, to complete the EP. A more powerful directional track with a thicker feel provided by the acoustic guitar and electronic samples.
A nice touch at the close is the bonus track Little Tweet. A somewhat humorous western number that brings a very light hearted personal touch to the EP.
Overall, a tidy piece of work from the Glitches. None of the songs are too long that they border on boring and the energy is significantly high for a folk orientated style. Its easy to see why there have been kind words of late for the Little Glitches.
Album Review by Paul Cooper Soundalound.com website November 04
More folksey strumpalong wiv the Little Glitches whom of I never herd. Cor blimey luv a duck as my Cockney sparrow friend Ivan Strovsky would say. This is rather terrifyingly ace! Bits of hazy electronic thing crashing psychedelic folka like the Parsley Sound in places. There only 5 trax on this CD but well worth yr monkey you a-beta. Proper lovingly! (8/10)
Norman Records Website 19/11/2004