{"title":"Rattle","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"rattle","title":"Rattle","description":"\u003cp\u003eNottingham based drumming duo Rattle release their eponymous debut LP via Upset the Rhythm. Rattle focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown (also of Kogumaza) and Theresa Wrigley (also of Fists), Rattle began as an experiment in crafting rich songs and melody using drums and voice alone. Their music weaves and intertwines post-punk, minimalism and experimental rock, through off-kilter rhythms, patterns and counter melodies. LP - Limited to 300 Copies on Transparent Vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50434475000139,"sku":"403180","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50434475458891,"sku":"403179","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2028f0ad-af78-4750-a2e7-65612e070334_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726889839"},{"product_id":"sequence-1","title":"Sequence","description":"\u003cp\u003eRattle is an ongoing musical project concerned with experiments in rhythm, metre and tension. Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley make up the duo from Nottingham, 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. \u003ci\u003eSequence\u003c\/i\u003e is composed of four tracks, each clocking in around 10 mins or over and focused squarely on a deeper resonance with the creative act, illustrative of how ideas build from scratch, of how music can grow out of repetition. Recorded at JT Soar in Nottingham with Phil Booth and Mark Spivey (Rattle’s live sound engineer), the album developed out of these four points, with Rattle honing their sound with detail. Everything was stripped back to just the drums and Brown’s voice. Percussion flourishes were deemed unnecessary, overdubbed layers of vocals were kept to a minimum. As a result, this quartet of songs are more meditative and aware than previous efforts, with the duo’s attentions spent tapping into each track’s potential, mapping out expeditions in tempo and making much of the journey over destination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD - 500 Copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - 180 Gram Vinyl. Limited to 500 Copies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471790018891,"sku":"1046895","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471793361227,"sku":"1046894","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ff9de8db-36b9-418b-a8f7-204f048cd66c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727411726"},{"product_id":"encircle","title":"Encircle","description":"\u003cp\u003eNottingham duo Rattle's third album \u003ci\u003eEncircle\u003c\/i\u003e is released on Upset The Rhythm, and sees the duo expand their unique experiments in rhythm, metre and tension. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRattle are Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley, they formed in 2011 after meeting on the live circuit whilst both playing in other bands. Katharine was a guitarist who had recently started playing drums in the band Kogumaza, whilst Theresa was the drummer in Nottingham band Fists. They’ve since released two long-players, 2016’s self-titled debut album \u003ci\u003eRattle\u003c\/i\u003e (Upset The Rhythm \/ I Own You) and 2018’s \u003ci\u003eSequence\u003c\/i\u003e (Upset The Rhythm) to much critical acclaim in the music press, and with James Acaster discussing the debut on his BBC Sounds podcast Perfect Sounds!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRattle have honed the four songs that make up \u003ci\u003eEncircle\u003c\/i\u003e by playing them live over the last few years, adapting and stretching them into endlessly inventive new shapes, playing with the concept of time and expectation. \u003ci\u003eEncircle\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded at Foel Studios, Wales, produced and mixed by Mark Jasper, and mastered at Liminal Audio by Shaun Crook. The stunningly colourful artwork was created by Martha Glazzard, who was also responsible for Rattle’s other mesmeric covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘All Burning’ opens the album, a live favourite of cyclical tumbling and evolving wordplay. ‘All Burning’ was built up gradually layer by layer with Theresa’s cumulative snare work and Katherine’s urgent calls for action: “hold your doctor, hold your daughter, hold your horses”. If ‘All Burning’ represents fire, then it’s accompanying 12-minute long track on Side 1, ‘Argot’, is informed by the air. ‘Argot’ is a song about uncertainty, with Katherine singing wordlessly across the majority of the track. “I prefer to sing wordlessly often because it feels a bit more expressive and universal” asserts Katherine. The track feels truly epic with a satisfying release that comes with the eventual introduction of the bass drum and snappy hi-hat section.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide 2 also pairs a shorter song with a long-form composition. ‘Ritual’ is worked up from a simple snare drum pattern which becomes more and more overlapped into an elliptical form of waltz. Katherine considers ‘Ritual’ as “very earthy song - lots of low lying mist on the ground swirling around and the drums coming together to summon something”! ‘Ritual’ was inspired by a visit to the ruins of Boleskine House so multi-dimensional themes and occult practice loom large. ‘Your Move’ is a step-up gear change with the band wanting it to feel like the tape had suddenly started to spin faster, urging movement, venturing action. Clocking in at over 15 minutes, ‘Your Move’, is mesmeric and boundless, hypnotic in its minimalism of doubled-drums and almost tribal vocal cycles.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eEncircle\u003c\/i\u003e Rattle have grown again, these songs are alive with elemental power. They build-up and disintegrate, existing in two places at once, embracing the nuance, tracing the circle’s edge. These are modes of song as pure gesture and eternal imagination, refined in mirrors after midnight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50888663466315,"sku":"2234080","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pink LP","offer_id":50888663957835,"sku":"2234081","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50888662712651,"sku":"2234079","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/UTR169_4bfc676c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732544561"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/rattle.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}