Stars On The Wall

The Go Find’s Dieter Sermeus has found his niche with Stars On The Wall – deceptively simple polished pop music that understands the value of economy. The 11 tracks are jammed into 42 minutes, each carefully-shaped nugget never outstaying its welcome. Highlightsinclude the languid, moving ‘Ice Cold Ice’, which heaves with melancholy, while ‘New Year’ is the opposite: a gentle, radio-friendly pop gem and ‘25 Years’, an affecting love-letter to unknown futures. Elsewhere, ‘Stars On The Wall’ calls to mind the likes of The Postal Service, the Blue Nile and Junior Boys – sentimental without being mawkish, bedroom without being boring, pop without being throwaway.