The European/ In A Very Real Sense Now

The European
In A Very Real Sense Now
(Stolen Recordings)

The chap behind this project, Simon Break, has an interesting history as an art galley founder and schemer of various multimedia events. He sounds like a mad genius. On the other hand, his music sounds like early 90s DIY electro-indie.
Break has a way with amusing pop lyrics ("I played it cool and it backfired on me / that's why I'm down on my knees, I'm compromising") and the music is geekily intimate, rather like a secret diary as performed by Belle and Sebastian. Break's voice meanwhile, lands somewhere around the Bernard Sumner spectrum of things.
The melodies are slightly forgettable, residing in a safety net of logic and tradition, but focus on Break's comic/tragic lyrics as well as the odd electronic freakout, and you'll get your kicks.