Texture Like Sun – 'Bottle'

‘Bottle’ (mp3)

Local hip hop isn’t something in my scope, but this guy’s solo material is a far pitch away from highlighting the best parts of our already uncouth accent. Back in 2007, Mark Pearl was part of a collab with Pip Norman (TZU) called The Commas. Although he’s lent his raspy vox to a handful of Urthboy and Mantra tracks recently, he sounds much more at home on ‘Bottle’, the first track under the moniker Texture Like Sun.

Pearl’s husky tones are a subtle opener to the track before banjo and whistles get thrown into the arrangement, setting the drift somewhere between Scott Matthews and Andrew Bird. It’s clearly a well thought out tune, and it works. Although I reckon this guy would thrive if he went all Patrick Watson and dabbled in orchestral samplers and perhaps some chamber pop, there’s still a wonderful pastoral quality about his voice that would sound pretty special pared back in a surburban lounge room.

A nice sampler of his record which is due out early next year.