Conus sp. Bent

"Playful and nostalgic...Melodies like citrus bursts, sharp and sweet, are layered on top of one another, the sound becoming richer whilst keeping one muddy boot stuck in a simple, reflective mode." So Young

"a brilliant mixture of jangling pop perfection with delightful unexpected details." Hard of Hearing

Drawing from his studies in Sound Arts, a childhood obsession with experimental guitar playing, and a penchant for making homemade electronic albums in his spare time, the work of South London’s Conus sp. Bent (moniker of Alex Goodall, also a member of Dog and Kissing Gate) is constructed using indie-rock’s most rudimentary tools, but results in anything but.

Released via My Life Is Big - the independent label/artistic collective founded by Tapir!’s Ike Gray - and produced in collaboration with Honeyglaze’s Yuri Shibuichi (mary in the junkyard, wonderbug) -To Within An Inch - due 10th February - offers Conus sp. Bent’s second album in as many years. Spiky and tender;  heartfelt and humorous; as playfully unpredictable as it is elegantly simple.

Following on the heels of lead single 'Like A Dog' - earning praise from So Young Magazine, Hard of Hearing, Noctis and Post Brexit-Pop, The album draws on a a catalogue of themes, documenting inquiries and thought processes which reach across a sprawling and indeterminate period of Goodall’s life, as he explains:

"To Within An inch is both fictional and factual – it draws on memory but extrapolates. The album includes stories constructed from journal entries (Even A Worm Will Turn), reflections on the AIDS epidemic (Drifty), fond memories of Goodall’s late dog Fraiser (Like A Dog), and watching the Old Grey Whistle Test with his dad (Local News)."