BEF is a new project featuring Yourcodenameis:milo guitarist Justin Lockey and Aid Burrows, the singer/guitarist from My Architects. Their first record, ‘Chapter One: A Long Way Home’, is released digitally via the relatively new label Erased Tapes on the 26th of November. I have always been a massive fan of the misunderstood and frankly underrated YCNI:M, but the music offered here is rather different from that band’s dense and (at times) over-complicated music.

On their debut BEF layer beautifully harmonised vocals over fuzzy, glitchy electronica. The songs are constructed around simple, repeating piano motifs which, along with Burrows’ gentle northern accent, contribute a real sense of warmth to the album.

Final track ‘All Those Demons’ best illustrates the record’s overall sound, while the title track, placed midway in the running order, is both uplifting and intense and showcases the group’s broad sonic palette. Hopefully these songs will encourage you to download the rest of the album (thoroughly recommended!), which you can pre-order by clicking here.

Hamish.

BEF - A Long Way From Home [Download]

BEF - All Those Demons [Download]