This won't be the last time I'll make a reference to this, but it's testament to such a strong selection of 2020 albums that Shadows In Blue was, at one point, my number one bestest favourite of the year. And here it is at number 23.
This was a long-awaited debut album of Bristol bass music from a very talented chap with a particular penchant for rattling your speakers to pieces. It's a party in a box: just unlock the lid and let it explode joyfully into your face.
Shadows In Blue has the rolling corrugated melodies of Clark, the aerobic machinery of Kraftwerk, the glistening synth experimentalism of his Houndstooth labelmates, and a technological precision that makes this truly his own.
What was Hodge's inspiration? Was it the dark corners of nightclubs now gathering cobwebs? Was it the rise of the robots, the sound of armageddon through automaton? No. It was growing vegetables. "Gardening is something everyone can take part in," says Hodge in this interview about the album. Alas, it doesn't sound very Gardeners' Question Time-y.
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