Mt. Wolf, a South London outfit describing themselves as “dream-folk”, carve out tiny spaces for their music to grow. This limited geography is the same trick that Polica did so well last year, the same trick the xx performed a few years back: small spaces followed by big impacts. “Hypolight” is all seed and germ, the smallest of things, propeled forward through three distinct movements. Finger-picked guitars erupt into bracingly mixed acoustic guitar strums, nearly two full minutes before they begin to unfold the drums. Vocalist Kate Sproule is a downright revelation, snapping into her head voice on the song’s licensing-dream chorus, “Put another light out.” The publishing rights of this moment alone should attract major label interest. “Hypolight”, like its predecessor, “Life Size Ghosts” represents the brand of life-affirming pop that signals the small moments before the big one.
Reprinted with permission from 32ft/second.