EP Review
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Colin Macleod is a singer song-writer from the Isle Of Lewis and he has formed his own one man band called The Boy who Trapped The Sun and is due to release his new EP ‘Home’ on the 1st March through Chess Club/Geffen.

To coincide with the name of the EP ‘Home’ The Boy Who Trapped The Sun split a six-night residency between Glasgow’s Kling Tut’s and London’s The Elgin, the EP was co-produced by Macleod himself in London, following early snowy sessions in Stornoway involving a computer wired to a car engine, which seems like a very interesting story if you ask me

‘Home’ is a very strange record that needs a lot of time and patience to fully take it, the EP is very downbeat, slightly eerie and sleepy sounding and quite depressing in more of a Coldplay way than Radiohead.

Each of the 5 songs on the EP feature the same style of depressing soundscapes and deep, dark vocals, you will either like or dislike the vocals of Colin Macleod, and I have to put myself in the hate category as I fully can’t get on with many of the tracks on this EP, ‘Home’ is all one tone and downright boring, ‘In The Dark’ is very slow paced and boring with not much happening throughout apart from Macleod singing how he is frightened of the dark, ‘The Fox’ is slightly uplifting with some good jumpy instrumental work on offer the vocals are as dark sounding as ever but in place they become more upbeat but still lacks creating a smile on my face.

‘Lying To Get On your Good Side’, has real loud clear strong vocals with Colin Macleod singing “I’m lying to get on your good side, lying to get on your good side, lying to get on your good side”, vocally the song is quite soothing and also quite spooky sounding as the vocals come across that big and strong compared to the minimal soundscapes running throughout the track.

And ‘Change The Clocks’ the track which closes the EP, has instrumental work which reminds me of the film The Snowman now I’m not sure if I am going crazy thinking that before there is 6 inches of snow outside or if it actually does remind me of it, I’m sure it does as it’s quite a beautiful wintery sound that it kicks off, the vocals are once again hard to get to grips with but once Colin get’s going with the uplifting chorus things start to sit in place and ‘Change The Clocks’ goes on to be the plus side of the EP.

Maybe listening to The Boy Who Trapped The Sun in the peak of a snowy winter is not the best of ideas, or maybe The Boy Who Trapped The Sun really is that depressing, there are a few good moments on the EP coming in towards the end of the EP, but just don’t expect The Boy Who Trapped The Sun to become your new favourite artist and also don’t expect to hear something new and original as none of that can be found here, but do yourself a favour and give ‘Home’ a listen and make up your own opinion on the EP and The Boy Who Trapped The Sun as an artist.

2/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members

Colin David Macleod
 Track Listing
1. Home
2. In The Dark
3. The Fox
4. Lying To Get On Your Good Side
5. Change The Clocks
 Band Related Links
The Boy Who Trapped The Sun Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?