Leeds-based art-rock experimentalists Drahla share ‘Grief In Phantasia,’ the latest single from angeltape, their long-awaited second full-length album due out April 5th. ‘Grief In Phantasia’ is the expressionistic closer of angeltape and encapsulates Drahla’s often elliptical creative process and the tumultuous nature of the album itself. According to the band: “This song was informed by others on the record and those we’d written in the past. It felt like the closing track when we wrote it, as though it...
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Leeds-formed art-rock outfit Drahla returned last year with the contorted thrill of ‘Under The Glass’, their surprise first new material since an acclaimed debut LP Useless Coordinates and a cover of Psychic TV’s ‘Godstar’ landed in 2019. The band share a further new track with the alluring skronk and post-punk elasticity of ‘Lip Sync’. Paired to a video filmed, edited and directed by the band’s own Luciel Brown and Rob Riggs and inspired by the American mixed-media artist Bruce Nauman’s 1969 visual piece...
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Leeds-formed art-rock outfit Drahla return with the contorted thrill of ‘Under The Glass’, their first new material since acclaimed debut LP Useless Coordinates and a cover of Psychic TV’s ‘Godstar’ landed in 2019. On the themes behind the new single, the band say “‘Under the Glass’ represents a moment of creative reconnection, almost a sense of euphoria in the darkest moments – an awaited, yet slight, respite from reality. The song is a collage, reworking early ideas...
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Leeds-based post-punk outfit Drahla announce their new full length – Useless Coordinates, out 3 May via Captured Tracks. Check the accompanying single and video for ‘Stimulus For Living‘ – a composition based upon abstracted ideas and thought. And take a tip from the Fader – “Drahla make the kind of literate punk to kickstart a revolution in your mind.”
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Leeds trio Drahla today release their 7” clear vinyl, Twelve Divisions Of The Day. One of Drahla’s most visceral and instant tracks to date, blends the band’s wiry art-rock with krautrock inspired experimentalism, underpinned by singer/guitarist Luciel Brown’s captivating spoken drawl. The release is accompanied by ‘Twelve Divisions Of The Day’ (Black Ribbon Alternate Mix) – an industrial remix of the original track by Leeds producer Tim Metcalfe. The vinyl edition...
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Leeds trio Drahla have shared brand new single ‘Twelve Divisions Of The Day’. One of Drahla’s most visceral and instant tracks to date, blends the band’s wiry art-rock with krautrock inspired experimentalism, underpinned by singer/guitarist Luciel Brown’s captivating spoken drawl. Listen below! This is the first new music from the band since signing to Brooklyn’s Captured Tracks and the release is accompanied by ‘Twelve Divisions Of The Day’ (Black Ribbon Alternate...
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Blending wiry, dark post-punk with unpredictable art-rock, Drahla have established themselves as a formidable and distinctive band across their two sold out 7” singles and the 2017 Third Article EP. Formed in late 2015, Drahla quickly found their identity in Yorkshire’s fertile music scene with their minimal yet robust bass-heavy sound. Their reputation as a fervent live act is ever-growing, with the band being asked to share stages with the...
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