RATTLE - s/t LP

Nicely priced. One copy only.

RATTLE is an ongoing musical project concerned with experiments in rhythm, metre and tension. Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley make up the Nottingham duo who with just drums and occasional vocalisations weave an expanse of percussive vortices. Their songs swirl and envelop with all the physicality and drama of another world pulling together around its own shifting centre of gravity. The drum beats phase and sidestep, they trade accents and overlap, providing a suitably alive terrain for the vocals to explore similar tendencies of pattern.

Although the pair listen to a vast array of musical styles, it's almost impossible to reference directly to any influences as the band sound so utterly unique. Having such an a-typical set-up means that it's really difficult to sound like a typical guitar band. As the band point out; "Music can be so steeped in obvious references to other bands and eras that it can become a bit choking."

Having mostly played in experimental or avant-rock settings Rattle first discovered that they could make their awkward audiences dance with opening track 'Trainer (Get You)', which was specifically designed to make the listener move in some way. Whereas other songs embrace different moods, for example 'Starting' has a sense of urgency and a repeated lyric phrase that becomes a mantra, and 'Click' is more soothing and meditative. The high hat and cymbal hits in 'Sorcerer' have a sword-fighting feel and 'Stringer Bell' is more of a cocktail song from a 1950s city apartment.