SBTRKT - Flicker

SBTRKT went for the big one with last year’s ‘Wonder Where We Land’ - it was a guest-filled, packed out record that tried to do everything. ‘Flicker’ clocks in at less than two minutes, but shows enough to suggest a return to his more distant, gloomy electronics.

The track sits nicely alongside the five new tracks Aaron Jerome shared on a Radio 1 show earlier in the year, and it fits with his recent comments stating there is “a strong ethos between the tracks” of his upcoming third album.

Squirms with piercing synths that take his sound back away from the pop it brushed with on ‘Wonder…’, ‘Flicker’ is the first true release from what is expected to be a new full-length, but when compared to the previous snippets of new material, it’s already clear that SBTRKT is trying to craft something whole and flowing with LP3. As such, it feels difficult to judge ‘Flicker’ alone, but it remains a stimulating cut, and one which without doubt raises excitement for the new album.