Ringmakers And Repulsion

More new music to end the week, a pair of releases coming from different ends of the sonic scale but both providing a bit of a hit to the senses. 

First, a new EP from the multi- talented Matt Gunn, The Ringmakers Of Saturn, out today on Tici Taci. The lead track has electronics and guitar side by side, and blast off at one minute ten seconds, thumping bass, synths and FX and crunchy drums, cosmic disco heading out to the sixth planet. There are remixes- the Simon Sheldon and Monkton Version cuts straight to the chase, whooshes and pulsing bassline with that sci fi guitar line cutting through, dropping into a delicious dub halfway in. Tici Taci boss Duncan Gray provides the second remix, Dunc's All Action Edit, wobbly bass, ripples of sound and perpetual motion. 

The second burst of new music today comes from Leicester's Echolocation, a band who have been ploughing their furrow for over twenty years, a guitar/ drums/ bass/ brass/ synths/ spoken word band who possess a distinctive sound and singular view of the modern world that can be found on several albums and EPs. Their latest is called Repulsion, a four track EP. Opening song meta AF lulls you gently with tingles but then guitars clang in and vocalist Pete threatens, ' We're coming for ya/ We're gonna call you out'. The UK Of The A is slower but no less urgent, fuzz guitar and bass and the voice in the distance warning about echo chambers and doubt. The drums kick in and the tempo ramps up. Attention Grab cuts the menace slightly, organ/ keys at the fore while the nine minute title track has Harvey's ringing guitar line take the lead while the drums and bass rattling away and there's more unease and tension in the words, 'try to fit in... are you a team player?'. A wall of buzzing guitar crashes forwards and then drops back again, the band forging on, Pete still free associating, 'tolerance, forgiveness, compassion... repulsion'. 

You can get Repulsion and the rest of Echolocation's back catalogue at Bandcamp.