Ireland’s MMOTHS, formally Jack Colleran, is an electronic musician who managed to bag a support slot on The xx’s most recent tour. This – without having anything but a single released – stands up as pretty good going for a virtually unknown, 19 year-old bedroom producer. His fans also include superstar DJ Annie Mac, who featured his track ‘Over You’ on her esteemed Annie Mac Presents compilation released late last year, and with a nod of approval from Flying Lotus too, his future is looking startlingly bright.
Diaries draws its title from a succession of photographs that Colleran (a keen photographer) took, one of which is the EP’s artwork. At six tracks long, it serves as a sumptuous spectrum of his multifaceted abilities, showcasing his alt-electronic dexterity flawlessly.
The EP’s debut single – and one of the two only vocally led tracks – ‘All These Things’ is rich in experimental technique and resonance, borrowing vocals from Brooklyn based singer-songwriter Holly Miranda; its clangs and echoed vocals resonate an acute sense of emotion. Meanwhile, opener ‘One’ sounds very much like the xx, constructing an entire atmosphere within a few seconds – and keys – of its introduction.
‘For Her’, which features Young & Sick, is a chillwave gem with a treated vocal; a technique employed again in the EP’s final track ‘Too Real’, which sounds like a throwback from the 80s, but maintains an incredibly fresh and crisp stance.
Colleran’s music finds itself in much the same vein as acts like Kodiak, Roosevelt and Aussie producer Flume: executing an infinite aptitude for creating multi-layered and interesting beats, but it’s art – and not just music – that resides in his mind’s eye.
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