Pulsate with ‘No Movement’, the dystopian first single from screensaver’s debut album ‘Expressions of Interest’ out on October 8th!
Thrilled to be working with these Australian 'on point' post-punks and Heavy Machinery on this most gloriously brooding album of albums!
'Expressions of Interest' is available to pre-order now hither.
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What’s this? Another new release from up our busy sleeve! Solar Death Ray' is the debut single from Berlin group Clear History, a scorching post-punk trio intent on bringing a matchbox to the dancefloor. "Light a match and watch it drop, burn it down" they sing on this pulse-quickening single, which sounds equal parts Kleenex, Gang of Four and ESG.
'Solar Death Ray' is taken from the band's debut EP 'bad advice good people' out November 5th on Upset The Rhythm. Thanks to Ears To Feed for premiering the ‘Solar Death Ray’ video!
Clear History make a big deal out of little things, sometimes vice versa. Their influences include correct grammar, Rihanna & ‘The Waiting Room’ by Fugazi. They make muscular songs about intimacy whilst dreaming of an extravagant breakfast the day after the rapture. What will the dance floors look like over there? What music will ring true and make the people move? Clear History are giving this their full atttention!
Clear History’s debut EP is entitled 'bad advice good people' and will be released by Upset The Rhythm on November 5th. The six songs here cast a huge net across themes of raucous opposition, identity, closeness, gifting and exploding cars. They are a full-hearted call to arms from a stubborn Aries concerned with wasting time and energy. With such rapport for the touchstones of danceable post-punk (ESG, Kleenex, Gang of Four) Clear History are proud hi-hat botherers, bounding along with the plummy bassline, joining the dots whilst thinking to the beat. This debut documents the tantalising first sparks from a band intent on holding up a magnifying glass to the sun.
https://clearhistoryband.bandcamp.com
Make an exhibition of yourself!
Bertie Marshall is best known as a punk memoirist, his book ‘Berlin Bromley’ is celebrated as an insider’s take on the lurid origins of punk. Bertie wasn’t just a face on the scene though, he also made music. Uncanny, mesmerising, affirming music!
From 1980-83, Bertie was the frontman for post-punk boundary-pushers Behaviour Red - they released one single (favourably played by John Peel), did a mini-tour and promptly broke up. Their sound was characterised by experimentation and drama, boasting at times tribal drumming, searing vocals, dazed guitars and feedback. Bertie continued sketching out atmospheric compositions afterwards too, walking a tightrope between bewildered pop and gothic folk. Central to everything is Bertie’s commanding voice; heartfelt, at times strident, always truthful, masterfully leading you through the story.
This Halloween, Upset The Rhythm will release the fruits of Bertie Marshall’s resolute labour. Entitled ‘Exhibit’, this debut album gathers Bertie’s exuberant songs together for the first time. ‘Exhibit’ will be released on limited 180g black vinyl, CD and digitally too, all formats accompanied by a booklet of exclusive images, drawings and texts. Today we’re releasing the single ‘Shaking Johnny’ to whet your appetite!
* Pre-order 'Exhibit' now here *
Upset The Rhythm presents…
BUFFET LUNCH
ME LOST ME
SHAKE CHAIN
Saturday 6 November
Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £7 | https://link.dice.fm/v9oNFWFE7hb
BUFFET LUNCH are a Scottish group who make it their mission to craft satisfyingly imperfect pop songs filled with imagery and humour. The group's elementary parts are Perry O'Bray (Vocals/Keys/Guitar), Neil Robinson (Bass), John Muir (Lead Guitar) & Luke Moran (Drums), united by a shared love of music on the ABBA-to-Beefheart axis. These four ricochet between Glasgow and Edinburgh, creating music that bristles with DIY spirit and upbeat wonkiness. Their tracks are vigorous excursions, meandering into clattersome terrain as often as hiking up into the breezy, melodious foothills. The desire to lead the listener along a curious tale helps tie things together, showcasing a lyrical playfulness that pins down their puzzle of sound. Following on from their excellent ‘The Power of Rocks’ album (Upset The Rhythm), the band return this November with a vigorous new 7” EP featuring the tracks ‘Mild Weather’ and ‘Cheeks’.
https://buffetlunchband.tumblr.com/
ME LOST ME is the electronic music project of Newcastle based musician Jayne Dent. Described by BBC Radio 6's Tom Robinson as a "brilliant peculiar noise", Me Lost Me delights in experimenting with genre, taking influence from folk, electronica, art pop, ambient and noise music to create a beguiling mix of soaring vocals, synth, field recordings and hypnotic rhythms. Her live shows are atmospheric, dark and playful, with a repertoire that explores storytelling through original songs, improvisations and reworkings of traditional ballads. She recently released her second album 'The Good Noise’, out November 2020, was described as 'stunning' and 'remarkable' by NARC Magazine demonstrates a maturing of her sound and a deepening of her exploration of site and experiments with genre.
https://www.melostme.com/
SHAKE CHAIN are a 4-piece experimental group formed of Artists Kate Mahony (Vocals), Jenna Finch (Drums), Robert Eyres (Guitar/Synth) and Chris Hopkins (Bass Synth) hailing from Goldsmiths College, Nottingham Trent and Wimbledon, University of the Arts. Formed through a love of thought-provoking performance art and a yearning for disruption, they recorded their debut EP ‘Neil Yonge and Bob Doylan Live at Hyde Park’ in 2019 with sound artist David Carugo at Oxford Brookes University, released by Permanent Slump. Shake Chain provide a fusion of post-punk experimental sampled noise grooves and chaotic lamenting on the current state of things.
https://katemahony.com/Shake-Chain
Upset The Rhythm presents…
THE MICROPHONES
Tuesday 16 November
EartH, 11-17 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston, London N16 8BH
6pm - 10pm | £17 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/wqbAwjtt1hb
“THE MICROPHONES” are planning to play a few shows in Europe in November 2021. This will be the first tour by “the Microphones” in 18 years, but as listeners to our last record (Microphones In 2020) will have hopefully heard, that distinction doesn’t mean much. This has always been a project steering toward present-moment raw wound engagement, disappointing the nostalgics, splashing into the unfamiliar. It’s not a reunion (nothing to reunite) and it’s not commemorative. It’s a living thing. We’re playing our one long song, F#m and D for a super long time, and inviting everyone to come get thumped by it. Who knows what else will happen?
Phil Elverum is an artist and human being from the Pacific Northwest town of Anacortes. His recordings, released variously as The Microphones and Mount Eerie, represent just a portion of his artistic output, which has ranged from running a label and co-organizing festivals to self-publishing books, photography, and painting. But it is for his stunningly original music that he is known best, from the earliest tape experiments of the ’90s to the immersive sound-diary of Microphones in 2020. Elverum has never shied from exploring the high mountain passes, finding new ways to sculpt with sound, and trying to communicate the momentary experience of being human as clearly as the water from freshly melted snow.
https://pwelverumandsun.bandcamp.com/album/microphones-in-2020
Send those parcels flying!
Today we’re sharing the exciting news that Philip Frobos will release his debut solo album ‘Vague Enough to Satisfy’ with Upset The Rhythm on October 1st. This exquisite, lounge-inspired punk album acts as an original soundtrack to his debut novel of the same name (published by Hex Enduction Books). This album is the musical bedrock for the story of a young man who revels in the day to day details (both romantic and mundane) of his experiences in Leipzig and Atlanta. The tone of the record reflects the tides of the protagonist’s confidence and self-doubt throughout the novel.
‘No Packages Today’ is the sprightly first single from the album, proceeding with a hooky bassline, the cryptic sort that Frobos is known for as a member of Atlanta post-punks Omni. Sounding like the Au Pairs and Suicide refining an obsession with Bowie’s ‘Lodger’, Frobos opines “I’m afraid that you need more than I can offer”, bedecked by shuffling beats and burgeoning waves of saxophone.
‘Vague Enough to Satisfy’ is available or order now from our webshop: https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/
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Best news!
This September we’re releasing ‘Dark World’ by Normil Hawaiians, a compilation documenting the group’s formative years of 79-81. Covering acres of ground from peppy post-punk origins into the progressively wayward, dubbier territories, ‘Dark World’ gathers the group’s energetic 7” singles on Dining Out and Illuminated Records, their metamorphic ‘Gala Failed’ EP (Red Rhino) and a lively last-minute Peel session from 1980, alongside outtakes, rarities and demos.
‘Dark World’ is a snapshot of Normil Hawaiians in flux, finding their feet, stretching their limbs. These 22 tracks display all the glittering debris from their magpie’s nest of sound. Emergent, hopeful and resistant in both music and ethic.
Upset The Rhythm will release ‘Dark World’ on LP, CD and digitally on September 24th. It is available to pre-order in our webshop as of… now!
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