If that chillwave name generator had put a couple of google ads on it’s site, they’d easily be richer than even the most monied of witch-house artists now – which isn’t saying much, granted. But it’s the gift that keeps on giving, Brighton’s Regal Safari the latest to come from the conveyor belt of people making electronic bliss with a name that a name that already feels like it’s on the cusp of turning stale. Fortunately, the beats at the core of it still sound fresh – a darkness lurking throughout, the pressure slowly building throughout with the briefest glimpses of light offered intermittently. The equivalent of being stuck in a sticky floored basement on the hottest day of the year, it’s best if you look more towards Four Tet for comparisons than Washed Out, despite the moniker.
