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— Daily Tune 03/04/2018

HELMUT – ‘Cleanse Me’

A passing view of the interests section on HELMUT’s Facebook page reveals that the band is into bird watching, haptics, and tetris. In this case, the band is Adrian Schull who under this pseudonym released his sophomore album o u r w a l l s in 2017. Be it consciously or rather meant serious or not, said enumeration above accurately describes the musician’s sound as well as its reception. HELMUT’s music is probably difficult to enjoy for listeners who prefer catchy and fast-paced three-minute indie pop tunes. But there is no problem with that: Instead, Schull creates fragile, minimalist songs based on loops with a great eye for detail and feel. On his latest record, Adrian is supported by the production of Coma’s Marius Bubat who understands to skilfully arrange HELMUT’s aesthetics and therefore frames a coherent picture of his manifold ideas. O u r w a l l s is a quiet record and especially its latest single cleanse me suggests an almost claustrophobic atmosphere. In the song’s accompanying video, the protagonist finds relief at Iceland’s shore. The beauty in HELMUT’s music lies in its careful, even gentle composition. It arouses attention, not only to our walls within.

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