“In this case, the promo mumbo jumbo checks out” - Stereogum
Somewhere close to Manchester’s ever changing city centre, as the sun fades and peeks through the newest glass facade, you’ll find Shaking Hand. One part in shadow, the other basking in prisms of light as they sketch out their own sonic landscapes in the dusty redbrick mill they call home. One that is just about clinging on from the encroaching developments that surround them. Their debut album pulls from early post-rock, and 90s US alternative rock, creating their own brand of Northwest-emo.
The band’s musical DNA runs through experimental guitar outfits like Women, Slint, Sonic Youth, Pavement, and Ulrika Spacek, balanced with the melodic sensibility of Big Thief and the dynamic intimacy of Yo La Tengo. Their compositions push against structure: sudden jolts of tempo, polyrhythms that almost fall apart, and riffs that unravel into something fragile or ecstatic.
A1. Sundance
A2. Mantras
A3. In For a… Pound!
A4. Night Owl
B1. Up The Ante(lope)
B2. Italics
B3. Cable Ties
