Zero 7
Simple Things LP vinyl

Simple Things is a timelessly classic album and the essential soundtrack to any laidback summer chilling. Zero 7's ability to conjure beautiful lullabies with all the romance of 1960s French pop, as found on their debut long-player Simple Things, made them the toast of soundtrack composers and chillout connoisseurs the world over. Their debut is a truly gorgeous album. All the tried and tested atmospheric tricks are in play - bleeps and whooshes layered over plodding Fender Rhodes chords, swathes of strings and tender trumpet parps - but it's Binns and Hardaker's languid grooves and the soft melancholy of their melodies that make dream-state instrumentals Give It Away and Polaris utterly enchanting. The real power of Simple Things, however, is in its songs. As beautiful as their ambient strains are, it's when laid beneath the seductive vocals of Australian diva Sia on the ethereal Destiny or the heart breaking Distractions that their potency becomes apparent.

NEW / Released in 2001 / Reissue 2018

Tracklist:

A1 I Have Seen

A2 Polaris

A3 Destiny

B1 Give It Away

B2 Simple Things

B3 Red Dust

C1 Distractions

C2 In The Waiting Line

C3 Out Of Town

D1 This World

D2 Likufanele