The Pan I Am – Lillian Looks Beyond The Grave

What exactly is Edward Larrikin up to these days? After announcing the split of those loveable Thamesbeat rascals Larrikin Love, leaving lovers of their calypso charm bereft and mystified, he has declared his return with weird folk-electronica outfit The Pan I Am. “Lillian Looks Beyond The Grave,” induces confused brow-furrowing as it unexpectedly begins with a fuzzy-electro bassline and a high pitched wailing keyboard-organ, like some mutant bat shrieking. It certainly is a darker sound than we ever heard on “The Freedom spark,” as he sings over Patrick Wolf-esque D&B with a restless, meandering guitar pick, but then suddenly we are thrown back into the wonderful familiar territory of gypsydelic delight as the mood lifts with a playful eastern feel, ukulele and wavering keyboard synth. Enchanting.

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