Oh No. The Drift Of The World

'oh no. the drift of the world' is a debut album that doesn't feel the need to shout loudly. in fact, it's probably one of the most stirringly intimate records you'll hear all year, a collection of bluesy, folky acoustic songs largely consisting of guitar and hushed, smoky voice; performed by the somewhat mysterious jackamo brown. the album comes in two 18-minute parts, with ambient recordings linking and running through the tracks. it's an anti-shuffle record, its mood, feel and ethos coming from another, simpler time. recorded and produced yila at empire studios in hackney and mastered by mandy parnell at black saloon. the recording was basic: just a mic gaffer taped to brown's guitar, a mic for his vocals and some room mics for capturing the street noise bleeding in through open windows and the guitar and organ that feature on three tracks. further ambient sounds were recorded after the session by jackamo in his local area. influenced by bert jansch, dylan and arthur lee, whose five string serenade is covered on the album, brown began recording music seven years ago, having written songs in private for years before that. many of the tracks on the album date back to that time.