Darren Harper has posted a track from an upcoming EP. The EP is titled *Winter Loops*, and it’s due out soon. The track is “The Yearning Loop,”which appeared today [on his SoundCloud account](https://soundcloud.com/darrenharper/the-yearning-loop). Despite the singular “loop” in the title, it’s based on various subloops — a loping, low-slung bass line; a bit of happily meandering guitar that bounces in the stereo field; a rich ambient foundation; some hauntingly ethereal vocals. And from the very start, there is the subtle star of the performance, this little scratchy noise, like the end of tape that’s run out, or a piece of fabric fluttering in the grill of a slow-moving fan. It’s a nervous little itch in the otherwise blissed-out drone. It’s there throughout, even as “The Yearning Loop” fades, a fine example of how the most mechanical element can seem the most natural, what might initially sound rote appearing, instead, like a model of persistence.
Track originally posted at [soundcloud.com/darrenharper](https://soundcloud.com/darrenharper/the-yearning-loop). More from Harper, who’s based in Colorado, at [darrenjh.blogspot.com](http://darrenjh.blogspot.com/) and [twitter.com/darrenjharper](https://twitter.com/darrenjharper).