The clocks have gone back. Outside, it's cold, it's grey, it's dark and it's miserable. Feeling a bit down in the dumps? If so, forget the St John's Wort and reach instead for the new Jim Noir EP, which will chase away the winter blues with a timely dose of lo-fi stylophone cheery pop.
There really is nothing in the musical world like a good Jim Noir track to cheer up even the dourest indie minstrel and the four slices of dreamy, '60s-harmonised tunes presented here signal the welcome return of Chorton-cum-Hardy's favourite son.
Opening track All Right is a swirling near-instrumental organ extravaganza that builds to a harmonised crescendo, follow-up Standing On A Corner is simple pop of the type we've come to love him for, Find Mind Grind slips a little closer to stoner pop, if such a thing is possible, while closer Don't Turn The Music Down is trip-hop filtered through a casiotone haze.
There's a more psychedelic feel to the EP than could be heard on his superb debut album Tower of Love. At times this makes him sound like The Flaming Lips' cheeky little brother, but it's all the better for it. Can't wait for the new album.
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