The Library Trust - The A to Z of Mathematics

The antithesis of rowdy rock 'n' roll, 'The A to Z of Mathematics' glowers at its contemporaries like an unforgiving librarian. Ponderous and hushed, The Library Trust's debut LP is an elevated work of delicate compositions that shyly shuffles into the reticent realms of I Am Kloot and Damon Gough. Like a fragile figurine, Robert Edwards' softly spoken vocals glide over every track with the elegiac eloquence of Stuart Murdoch. The swooning subtlety of My Town On TV and captivating virtue of Harbour are the shattered fragments of a heavy heart that are mercifully swept up by the buoyant climax of As Broken As You Think. With candle-lit strings and downbeat strumming this is a muffled, slow burning record that mourns in solitude. It may not be the most boisterous of albums, but within the library's quiet confines, 'The A to Z of Mathematics' is as powerful as they come. [Billy Hamilton]