There are several reasons why Everything Shook stand out in the domestic ranks and you’ll find many of these delineated on debut album Drinking About You.

They’re a trio with a distinctive, idiosyncratic lean to their sound and approach, as they seek to unbundle and rethread electronic rock’s often conservative ties with gusto and gumption. The mood music is dark, neo-gothic, desolate and blue, a bittersweet symphony which sets up a series of tracks where loops and grooves do their work in a hypnotic and austere manner.

Tracks such as ‘Bed Stain’ and ‘I Got a Gun’ come with a side-dish of menace, the trio’s monotonal approach reminding you that blank stares often house a whirlwind of emotions. There is still some fine-tuning needed, and calibrating the actual songcraft, but you can’t fault how this album sets a scene.

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