TAKING his cues from the echelons of electronica inhabited by the likes of Blanck Mass and Hot Chip, Edinburgh’s Eyes of Others describes his sound as “post-pub, couldn’t get in the club music” and John Bryden, the man behind the music, says “Nightwalking is sprawling, soporific and inductive of something of a daze-state.”

Following Base Thrill which was released earlier this year, the new four-track EP from Eyes of Others serves to maintain the momentum built up over recent months and could certainly help establish Bryden’s name at the centre of the Scottish-electronic scene.

‘When it Suits’ is a world of airy synths, loose drums and luxurious production which immediately catapults the EP into the consciousness. The vocals sit back in the mix along for the ride, occasionally bobbing to the surface but it’s really the pop-friendly instrumental which captures the imagination.

‘Rugged Bunch of Hunks’ times in at almost six and a half minutes and is just about as expansive as it gets; synth-bass drives the track underpinning a 80’s-esque lead melody and a vocal shrouded in reverb. It’s enticing listening with instrumental changes unexpectedly rearing into life at every turn.

There’s an almost Nine Inch Nails industrial sound at play on ‘Vibrates Inside You’ with hard synths and delicate guitar parts woven over a repetitive beat which culminate in fuzz and noise and, ultimately, what feels like a real victory for this EP.

Closing track ‘Middles Meet’ wraps up Nightwalking perfectly with Bryden repeating the refrain: “Whatever you do don’t let me love you”. The intensity which is omnipresent throughout the EP marries into a world of grooving synths, fuzz and late-night production. This track is a worthy finale for what is a really intriguing and exciting EP for an act well on the way to bigger things.

Nightwalking is released via Club Fandango on 6^th November 2015.