Silas Short – Drawing (EP) – 45RPM

Album Info Hide Show Artist: Silas Short Album: Drawing Released: USA, 2021 Tracklist: A1 Cloudy June 4:15 A2 Two 4:06 A3 Rooms 4:23 B1 Drawing 4:48 B2 Joint Identity 4:14 B3 Queen Of Paisley 4:04 B4 Bogus 3:25 Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. We ship vinyls in thick, rigid carboard mailers with a crushable zone on either side, and for extra safety we bubble wrap the records. 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You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Silas Shorts debut EP on Stones Throw, Drawing, is one of those first statements that feels both carefully crafted and off-the-cuff, like a sketch that turned out to be the finished piece. He sings in a high, feather-light register, stacks harmonies in patient layers, and moves his guitar lines like watercolor across the page. Its soul music with a soft-focus glow and a quietly adventurous streak, rooted in the Midwest but reaching for a timeless pocket. Shorts story feeds the sound in a way you can actually hear. The Milwaukee-born, Chicago-based singer suffered a serious hand injury as a teenager and had to relearn the instrument, developing a fluid technique hes called liquid style. The guitar doesnt stab or strum so much as ripple; chords smear into one another, lines curl around the vocal rather than competing with it. That physical history comes through as touch. You hear it in the gentle swells, the clipped flourishes that never grandstand, the way each phrase settles into the drum groove like a breath you dont rush. Cloudy June became the doorway for a lot of listeners, and it still feels like the thesis. A swing in the hi-hats, a bassline that saunters rather than stomps, background vocals slipping in like sunlight through blinds. The hook is deceptively simple, the kind of line you hum two hours later without clocking where it came from. Short doesnt ride the arrangement so much as lean into it, letting small melodic turns do the work. The effect lands somewhere between modern indie-soul and the classic slow-bloom feel of early aughts neo-soul, but without the retro cosplay. Its present-tense and personal. The rest of the set keeps that intimacy while changing angles. Hell tuck a clipped guitar figure behind a soft Rhodes pad, then let a bass fill answer his falsetto. Little production choices carry a lot of weight: handclaps that pop in the sides, subtle tape haze, reverb that hugs instead of swallows. Nothing is loud for louds sake. Its the kind of restraint that rewards repeat listens on a good system, which is where Drawing vinyl really shines. The low end rounds out, cymbals breathe, and those stacked vocals blend into a single velvet ribbon. If youre the type who scans new arrivals at a Melbourne record store or scrolls late at night to buy Silas Short records online, earmark this one. It belongs next to other Stones Throw sleepers that reveal themselves slowly rather than yelling for your attention. Short plays with expectation in small ways that stick. Hell slip into a wordless refrain just when you expect a bridge, or let a guitar figure carry the outro instead of chasing one more chorus. The songwriting is concise, more Polaroid than panorama, yet theres enough detail in each frame to keep you in the scene. You can trace lines to DAngelos vocal layering, to Curtis Mayfields gentle falsetto, to the muted guitar color of Roy Hargroves RH Factor era, but the blend is his. Thats the trick of Drawing: it reads like an introduction and a signature at once. Stones Throw has a knack for finding artists who color slightly outside the lines, and Short fits that lineage without sounding like anyone on the roster. Theres a DIY glow to the production, but it never feels thin or half-baked. Instead, the mixes leave air around the vocal and bass, a choice that lets his phrasing land. Even when the tempos tick up a notch, he never crowds the pocket. Its music built for windows-down evening drives and late kitchen cleanups, all those life slots where you want warmth without weight. If you collect Silas Short vinyl, this EP is the anchor. There arent many Silas Short albums on vinyl yet, which makes this pressing feel like a small stake in the ground for a career thats still taking shape. For folks hunting vinyl records Australia wide, its the sort of record you recommend to a friend who asks for something soulful and new, but not flashy. And if youre just streaming for now, thats fine too. Drawing feels good through earbuds, but on wax the percussion loosens up and the harmonies bloom, which fits a project thats all about touch and feel. Short arrived with a backstory, sure, but the music holds its own. Drawing is tender without being flimsy, confident without being loud. Its an EP that announces a voice you want to follow, and a set of songs that keeps you close enough to hear the details. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review