It’s been a journey that has taken well over a year, but finally, after much toe-tapping and to much acclaim, Fold’s ‘Mill’s Theme’ EP has found a home and thankfully seen its release from Moxie’s On Loop label.

The title track was a stand-out from Leon Vynehall’s March 2016 Essential Mix as well as receiving airtime on pretty much every show from Moxie on NTS last year. It’s no surprise her London-based label had the decency and the delight to choose the fellow NTS resident for its second release and press this piece of pure joy for all our ears.

The 3-track EP charts a course through winding drum tracks and lurching techno on the B-Side in the forms of ‘Another One’ and ‘Bend Sinister.’ But real time should be taken to stop and admire the perfection and simplistic formula that is the enchantment of ‘Mill’s Theme’ on the A-side. Already gaining huge plays from the likes of Midland and Joy Orbison this track has been a hard one to avoid.

Clocking in at 9:18, it’s straight into action with a muffled melody that sways, contorts and effervesces in and out of consciousness, begging the question of when the track will ever get going. Five minutes in we are greeted with the track’s one repeated vocal, a sample of Evans Pyramid’s “Never Gonna Leave You.” The original features the same contorted guitar rift, and this is left in its full glory with Fold making mere tweaks, pairing it alongside a simple rolling bassline and crisp hi-hats, ushering in the tracks full euphoric, smile-inducing potential.

You barely notice the tracks impending end, as up until this point you are completely immersed, barely acknowledging its length as it jives in and out of full gear leaving any sense of repetition irrelevant.

A triumph, finally available for all.

4.4/5

Buy: Vinyl

Words by Marcus