Emperor Yes
The End Of The World
February 24 2014 (Young And Lost Club)
7.5/10
Words: Linn Branson
According to the three components of Emperor Yes - London producer Ash Gardner, Adam Betts of Three Trapped Tigers and Hugo Sheppard - the end is nigh. Oh yea. An 'analogue anthem to the apocalypse' is how this latest release is described; not of course that the clue isn't somewhat given away in the title. And as we all head for hell in a hand-cart, never fear for as we go our hearts will be filled with synth riffs and unfettered angelic harmonised voices - one of the latter being that of Summer Camp's Jeremy Warmsley, the man also in the producer chair here.
As with previous singles ‘Wasps’ and ‘Cosmos’, Emperor Yes take to painting musical works on broad palettes of sound that fill out in rich textural soundscapes. As the pummeled beats rain down in this psychedelic stormtrooper, it still sounds too beatific to herald any Armageddon.
B-side 'Don't Really Know' harkens back to its counterpart, with lines from Skeeter Davis' 1962 single (later covered by The Carpenters) 'The End Of The World'. It's still on an 'end days' ride, but this is far more punchy; crunching those synths like time is of the essence. Final track is a four-and-a-half minute instrumental version of 'The End Of The World', giving time for one last karaoke sing-along before it is all over. Amen.
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