Panther Modern – Howl review

The current house strains of Bristol’s ever mutating music scene have become well documented by now, with the Young Echo collective providing perhaps the most compelling output. While it was undoubtedly not his intention, Seb Gainsborough has become the Young Echo focal point for his work as Vessel. The handful of releases on must check labels like Astro Dynamics and left_blank demonstrated an ever growing talent for smudged out, slackened house that fully justifies the swelling expectation from music buyers and overly verbose writers alike. Recently announced as possibly the most intriguing signing by Robin Carolin’s Triangle Records imprint, the interim period before the release of a debut Vessel album is filled by Gainsborough adopting another alias, Panther Modern, and adding the long-running Bristol hub Immerse to his discography.

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