Backyard – The Backyard EP (2013)
- DIY
- New Weird Indonesia
- Free folk
- Indie folk
- Lo-fi
- Drone folk
- Folk
indie
- Weird folk
- Art folk
Comment: First of all, I am wondering about the
discrepancy between the heard gentle sonic progressions and the size of the
Indonesian combo Backyard, which consists of five members who play different
instruments. Otherwise I would have thought of it as an one-man project. The
combo’s 4-notch issue chimes truly enchantingly at its cute interface of lo-fi,
melodica-driven droning, and folk-ish evolvements. Additionally to those
dropping glockenspiel chords and guitar keys and the aforementioned drones one
could enjoy the singer’s singing in English being coated with the strong accent
of one of those native languages. At times he is being accompanied by a female
coo. That`s charming. Charming naivety. Just cast a glance at the cover print.
One could readily imagine a group of people sitting a back of a house in the
garden just drinking a kind of quality tea and chatting and in overall spending
time effortlessly on a Sunday. On a sunshiny, happy Sunday. And listening to
this handful of DIY inspired tracks, which conveys the precise, mind-provoking
impetus to the world. It is not outsider art anymore. Stylistically it might be
tagged in that way but substantially it is quite mainstream being hyped up by
hipsters. That`s ok. The issue is out from the discography of such prolific
label as Indonesian Mindblasting (from noise and post-metal to indie pop and
alternative folk). To boost your mind.
