Useless Coordinates

Speaking from her current base in south-east London with bassist Rob Riggs,singer/guitarist Luciel Brown recounts the record's somewhat chaotic gestation.'Most of last year was spent touring, so we were squeezing writing and recordingin from the beginning of 2018 until end of August.' In-between a headline tour,support slots with Ought and METZ, and multiple festival appearances - including at Meltdown at the request of The Cure's Robert Smith - Brown, Riggs andWakefeld-based drummer Mike Ainsley managed 10 days in the studio in total. Itwas the unsettled nature of the period that part-inspired the album's title. '[Useless Coordinates] summarised all of our situations,' Brown explains.The set's sharp angles, stark tones and claustrophobic textures are refected in thealbum's artwork. Designed by Brown and Riggs - as per all previous record sleevesand promotional videos - the minimalist, mixed media creation takes inspirationfrom Talking Heads and Gang Of Four album art, the work of American artist CyTwombly, and the economical, regimented aesthetic of the Bauhaus movement.'Drahla came about of the back of needing an outlet for creative expression,'Brown explains. 'So the whole aesthetic is hugely important. As important as themusic.'Whatever the medium, Brown's interests lie in looking beyond the immediate tothe abstract and indefnable. Her lyrics are developed from observations, notesand poems, and the fragmented imagery is spliced together to disorientating effect. On Gilded

Tracks

1~1~Gilded Cloud
1~2~Serenity
1~3~Pyramid Estate
1~4~Stimulus For Living
1~5~React/Revolt
1~6~Primitive R Hythm
1~7~Serotonin Level
1~8~Twelve Divisions Of The Day
1~9~Unwound
1~10~Invisible Sex

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Drahla
Release Date: 03 May 2019
Genre: Alternative
Label:
Distributor: Rocket Group