Swallow the Rat release new single ‘Face Unpopular’
Tāmaki Makaurau psych-post-punks Swallow the Rat today release their brand new single, Face Unpopular. It’s the title track form their forthcoming EP, which lands on May 23rd.
Swallow the Rat’s drummer Hayden Fritchley made the Face Unpopular video, saying, “The video is a rearranged fever-dream sequence which loosely reflects the cut up style of the lyrics – which in themselves are an expression of disruption, of endless anxiety.”
The band spent a weekend at the end of last year with Nick Abbott at his Auckland studio, recording three new songs which will feature on the Face Unpopular EP. They’re the last tracks written and recorded with singer/bassist Stephen Horsley, who left (amicably) to pursue adventures in recording and production.
In addition to the three new originals, the Face Unpopular EP will feature a blistering remix by A Place To Bury Strangers, and will be released on 7″ vinyl via Otautahi/Christchurch imprint Leather Jacket Records.
New to Swallow the Rat are Jimmy Coldham on guitar and Nicholas August on on bass. The new configuration band have already played two shows this year, with an EP release tour on the way for May and June.
