Cloud Boat - Book of Hours/Hammerspace

The London duo received much praise from Dummy for its new release, Book of Hours: 

With the temporal “post-” label stuck to it, the inherently ephemeral post-dubstep feels like a dated genre to be discussing in 2013. Just when you think there’s no more blubstep to be had, though, Cloud Boat have shown that not only can it still be imaginative, but that it can make itself timeless by engulfing emotionally resonant genres like folk and soul. By starting out with the solid songwriting craft and powerful narratives typical of these genres, and then chipping at those foundations until they’re distorted enough to create something entirely new, the duo have reinvigorated the “working by subtraction” formula and found a way to make it sound more full than empty. Reduced to its elements, ‘Book Of Hours’ is a record that bares its soul, and not only that, but reveals a soul so dense and thoughtful you could stare into it for hours.

However, one of my favorite tracks is one not included on the album, Hammerspace, which seems to deny some of the minimalist aesthetic in favor of a flurry of passion that crescendos in anguish.