Swallow the Rat are a restless bunch. If they are going to release something, there always has to be a new angle, a new approach.
For this one they have gone a little overboard, like some kids overdosing on brightly coloured lollies.
A collaboration with Yuko Miyoshi of Memory Foam fame, with a whole verse in rapid fire Japanese - check!
An in the red mix / sonic hellscape by Oliver Ackermann of A Place to Bury Strangers / Death by Audio notoriety, straight out of Queens, NYC - check!
High quality / hand stamped/limited run lathe cut 7” by Karekare dub scientist Josh Lion at Downbeat Mastering - check!
Side A: Other Rooms is a garage-psych barnstormer with half remembered images from a scorched landscape. Miyoshi obliterates the second half of the tune with an intense verse taking the subject matter in a whole new direction; telling the story of someone trapped in a room, trying to escape but finding the next room is perhaps worse...
Side B: Realised is a major departure for Swallow the Rat, and a taste of their new found creative freedom. A looped out, freeform improvised soundscape, carved up and reassembled by Ackermann, recalling the Butthole Surfers or early Mercury Rev. Maybe its what Miyoshi finds in that next room?
Tracklist
A. Other Rooms
B. Realised
Please note that Other Rooms / Realised (7" Lathe Cut) is currently not in store but is with our local supplier.
Most of the time it takes around 2-5 days from the time you place the order for the item to arrive here and be sent out but it can take longer if there are any delays.