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Artist......: Snake Chain
Album.......: Snake Chain
Label.......: Upset! The Rhythm
Genre.......: Punk
Catnr.......: UTR149
Source......: CDR
Rip.date....: 2022-12-22
Str.date....: 2022-11-18
Quality.....: 975 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/snake-chain
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1. Stace 3:53
2. RU 2:19
3. Copy Me 1:52
4. Birthday 2:49
5. Cavalry 1:28
6. Highly Conceptual 2:45
7. Mike 2:18
8. Second Home 2:20
9. Arthur 3:05
10. Architecture 4:31
11. Internet 2:28
12. Duck 2:47
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\ / ________ Runtime 32:35
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,: Shake Chain have been busy demolishing audiences and :,
: expectations for the best part of the last three years. Vocalist :
:' Kate Mahony sets that standard by anything from crawling ':
,: through the audienceÆs legs in a bright yellow raincoat to :,
: crying and washing her hands in a nearby toilet, as the rest of :
:' the band start the set. A feeling of anxiety and unease ':
,: conjures relevant questioning, æwhat an earth is going on?Æ, æam :,
: I hallucinating?Æ and æis this part of the show?Æ, all hallmarks :
:' of Shake ChainÆs unruly and lyric-bespattered rock show. ':
,: :,
: The four-piece from London are completed by Robert Eyres :
:' (Synth/Guitar), Chris Hopkins (Bass/Synth/Samples) and Joe ':
,: Fergey (Drums). Born from the ashes of their former bands, the :,
: group met with a desire to create something that would feel new :
:' for each of them and audibly take its own course. The result is ':
,: a nervous propulsion of bass lines, twitchy guitars that jolt :,
: and jerk and tack sharp drums, overridden by screeching vocal :
:' slurs and sampled television. KateÆs singing is a unique ':
,: embrace of flights of atonal fancy, head-first repetition and :,
: ecstatic frenzy. Opinion-dividing arguably, but singular in :
:' making Shake Chain dauntingly brilliant. ':
,: :,
: Shake ChainÆs debut album æSnake ChainÆ was recorded in the New :
:' ForestÆs Chuckalumba Studios early in 2022, a tranquil setting ':
,: only slightly skewed by the intense extratropical cyclone of :,
: storm Eunice and the ghosts of the dopethrone. Kate likens the :
:' album to ôcrying in a Catholic sex dungeon with Eastenders onö, ':
,: perhaps only half tongue in cheek given the soapy dramatics of :,
: opening track æStaceÆ. æRUÆ is a stompy triumph of ad lib :
:' monotony, heavy and wonky, its vocal slowly unwinding into ':
,: residual sense. Shake ChainÆs songs are populated with cowboys, :,
: cherry-pickers, content-addicts, private investments, a careless :
:' driver called Mike, architects and by much lamentation at the ':
,: state of our confusing existence. This last point underlined in :,
: luminous marker pen with slow-building vortex æHighly :
:' ConceptualÆ and whispered closer æDuckÆ. ':
,: :,
: æCopy MeÆ races along with radiant headbangs of dynamic abandon, :
:' one part tumble, two parts pummel, ôhold your breath til ':
,: something changesö commands Kate whilst everything of course is :,
: in hammering flux. æSecond HomeÆ is similarly coruscating yet :
:' buoyant, whilst æArthurÆ feels like it could tear inside in two ':
,: amid sobbing wails and the twining of its disparate parts. :,
: Throughout all the unhinged freakouts, found sounds and blasting :
:' rhythms though is KateÆs questioning, resilient presence, ':
,: anchoring everything. On bruising creeper æBirthdayÆ she asks :,
: most tellingly ôDo we speak language or does language speak us? :
:' Is there a mouth in the middle of the desert? Do you ask how ':
,: cups are designed? Would you say yes when you really mean I :,
: donÆt knowö? Shake Chain are cathartic and absurd, humorous and :
:' deadly serious yet always inspired. ItÆs this tightrope walk ':
,: which makes their album such a thrilling, vital listen.??æSnake :,
: ChainÆ will be released on November 18th by Upset The Rhythm, a :
:' 180g red/clear splatter vinyl version is available to pre-order ':
,: now (due to ship late November). :,
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