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When Lewes-raised newcomer Laucan began singing in falsetto after the break-up of his old band, he had his reasons. I didnt want anyone hearing my songs through the door of my room, recalls Laurence Galpin, the man who is Laucan (pronounced Lor-can). The falsetto holds firm but the reluctance to be heard is changing with the arrival of the 27-year-olds debut album, FramesPerSecond.

Building on the promise of his debut EP, Up Tomorrow, Frames sets impressionist lyrical images and heart-in-mouth reveries on innocence lost to sublime music: poised between spectral folk and immersive soundscapes, its the sound of a singer who found something special in his attic-based isolation.

With Andrew Phillips of Ninja Tune post rock duo Grasscut as a collaborator, Galpin composes with a cinematic auteurs sense of shading and world-building and a flair for sound art that evokes a sense of environment. This shows on the Nick Drakedoes- Radiohead-ish I Want Out, where hypnotic percussion and a coaxing cello accompany reflections on a theme of retreat: Running away from the sound, disappear into the ground ? Vinyl format includes digital download code.

Cinematic electronic textures sun-dappled pastoral prog rock FX laden lullaby rich in bucolic imagery. Uncut