Watch: Hourglass Sea – L.A. Lights

Dean Bentley lives next to a cemetery. A lot of people might have used that as an excuse to make dull, vaguely ghostly music and bleat on about atmosphere, ambience and the vibes of being around such a place. With Dean, you only really know if you’ve ever spent time around his Lidget Green home – which you certainly will have done if you spent the early years of your life attending the school next to the graveyard.

But rather than looking around at his West Yorkshire roots, Dean – who works under the moniker Hourglass Sea – spends his time making electronica that is, frankly, bizarre, and looking towards the west coast of America. ‘L.A. Lights’ is his first single, a genuinely beguiling mix of samples, synth and guitar. Though it’s be hard to see what influence California may have had on the sonic direction, perhaps the accompanying video has been set in a post-apocalyptic vision of the region, brought together by perhaps the most heartfelt performance by a murderous child you will see this year.

He’s also released the lead single from his forthcoming EP – which will also feature ‘L.A. Lights’ – today. You can stream that below.

Purple Diamond by Hourglass Sea

Hourglass Sea is supporting Dam Mantle at Tramlines Festival this weekend (23 July), will be doing a set at Kendall Calling (30 July), and will be playing alongside Ghostpoet on October 8 in Sheffield.