Delta Horizon by Eleventeen Eston

Positivity’s easier to ruin than restore but Perth fantasy windsurfer John William Tanner’s elusive soft rock miniatures under the Eleventeen Eston handle evoke, in his own words, “a type of optimism and sincerity that exists (or did exist) in popular music, beyond any notion of nostalgia.”
Too true.

The 13 themes and pleasure cruises comprising Delta Horizon, his debut, exude a loose, relaxed warmth, cyclical and sun-soaked and spacious, like the soundtrack to some mythically faded new wave instructional hang gliding video.

Pastel piano melodies, funky phasered keyboard presets, rubber band basslines, and upbeat coastal Stratocaster hooks bop and weave atop lean session drum tracks, swooping from memory-hijacked Australian vacation-rock to sensual sky-lounge abstraction and back.

Certain sectionals feel in league with that dusky interzone of sleek psych and smooth jazz captured on certain late 80’s Innovative Communication releases, though Tanner’s own heroes hew more to breezy prog (Masayoshi Takakana) and afro-cosmos groove (Teo & Fabrizio Fattori).

Whatever the roots, Delta Horizon has been a repeat jam gem ever since we heard the roughs last year, and we’re stoked to share it wide. Expect more from this waverunner before long.

Words - Britt Brown

Tracklist

1.	The Sling	3:27

2.	Broth II	2:20

3.	Tonight (Sans Columns)	2:41

4.	Delta Horizon (Wedge)	2:36

5.	Panulirus Cygnus	3:28

6.	Its All Again	2:49

7.	Shoelace Episode 1: Hugo's Theme (Prelude)	2:14

8.	Decisive Winds	2:53

9.	Dante's Parallel	1:48

10.	Interzone Broth	3:21

11.	Two Stroke Vertical Climb	4:51

12.	Pale Geranium Lake	4:40

13.	Fetch Island City	3:44

Credits

released June 16, 2014

All songs written, performed and produced by John William Tanner in Perth, Australia
2010-2012.

Originally Released By Not Not fun Records 2014 on C/S edition of 100
NNF292

Mastered by Brian Pyle

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