istrefi: 8.8 millimeter

Venturing on from where his debut tape left off, Istrefi has taken great pains to reveal a new angle on his music, this time going for an even more fragmented expression. There is a sense of melancholic hesitation inhabiting the spaces between each sound, countered by the constantly deviating leads that strike out, perhaps in vain for that which we all want: comfort, security, love even?