Slowly Rolling Camera - Slowly Rolling Camera (2014) [Hi-Res]

A band name and album title like Slowly Rolling Camera gives little if anything away about the nature of the music to be experienced on this, the debut album from the UK-based quartet. Good for surprises can be fun. Once the music becomes familiar the beautiful, imaginative and ambitious compositions become firmly fixed in the mind the surprise is revealed to be lots of fun.
Two other UK bands, the Cinematic Orchestra and Portishead, are Slowly Rolling Camera’s own points of reference for its sound. There’s also something of Massive Attack’s laid-back confidence unsurprisingly, as producer Andy Allan has worked with both Portishead and Massive Attack. At its most soulful, on “Protagonist” and “Dream A Life,” Slowly Rolling Camera seems to have its...