In the age of hyper connectivity it feels strange to be writing about a band who have a much higher profile on their own patch than most other places, but The Slow Readers Club are one of those word-of-mouth success stories, especially in their home city of Manchester.
Not that this hasn’t meant broader recognition; despite self releasing and remaining a unit on their own terms, each of their previous five albums since a 2011 self titled debut have jumped into the charts.
Out Of A Dream offers a similar darkly poetic take on gothic synth pop similar to Editors or White Lies, opener Technofear jumping down the familiar rabbit hole of our unbreakable compulsion for doom scrolling and misinformation.
Elsewhere singer Aaron Starkie tries to talk himself down from tech paranoia (Know This I Am) whilst despairing at a world dominated by the new oligarchy (Puppets). The best moments however come in the form of Dear Silence’s slick pop and the post breakup lament Our Song Is Sung, proof that The Slow Readers Club need not worry about loneliness when leaving M postcodes any time soon.
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The Voice Of Unreason 