Flutters for Cuts

The criminally underrated Cane 141 are wholly deserving of a place as exalted in Ireland’s musical ecosystem as the one held by the likes of The Jimmy Cake and The Tycho Brahe. Essentially doing a neat line in instrumental euphoria that blurs the distinction between instrumental post-rock and minimalist electronica, Cane 141 write of glacial otherworlds in much the same way as Four Tet and Mum do. As introspective electronic EPs go, ‘Flutters For Cuts’ is hugely endearing and brimming with charm and personality. Now if only they were to become as ubiquitous as some of the country’s singer-songwriters, we’d be laughing…