Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

There are many ways in which a relationship may suffer the final throw of its natural life, however the outcome is pretty much always the same; it all comes down to how the end is delivered, whether it is face to face and the anguish and insanity that comes with that or in the cold but safety insinuated by means of the electronic delivery, the communication of the cowardly or the intelligent that knows what happens in a public confrontation.

Rodney Cromwell, the nom de plume of electronica musician Adam Cresswell, takes that idea and shows that even in the midst of desperation, of the turmoil that comes with the significant ending, there is still music in which to write and a meaning to get across. In the Fax Message Breakup E.P. Rodney Cromwell makes sure that one of the oldest means of message delivery is given the status it deserves, the beat an odd attention-grabbing suitor to the ears but one that is worthy of investigation and one that drives the breakup along.

The five strong song E.P. undoubtedly suffers from the same cause of repetition that comes naturally with the genre, the abundance of mixes sown within the thread can be off putting in many quarters but in this particular E.P. at least does not detract too much from the lead single. At the end of it all, the artist who is taking the message to you is the one that decides the length of the pitch, the time it takes to say how much they loved you but it is them not you who is the one that is taking their art onwards.

With the direct single coming out very strong, it is joined two other remixes of the original and a couple of good other tracks that get the pulse moving, Baby Root (Chris Frain Remix) and Cassiopeia (The Leaf Library Remix), in an orgy of musical appeal that can even soften the heart, if not the shoe leather, of the hardened fan of other genres.

A focused and well delivered E.P., one that communicates with motivation, Fax Message Breakup E.P is a proud addition to the dance/electronica genre.

Ian D. Hall