For the first time in Rough Trade’s recent history, the independent record store stocked an unsigned band’s release. That band was London-based trio The Drink, whose handmade EP’s convinced Rough Trade to give them a chance. But, with their debut Company soon to be released, are they actually any good?
The Drink immediately grab you. we featured the lead single and album opener “Microsleep” sounds like several different songs hurled into a mixing pot and churned out into gloriously weird indie folk pop; it has a quasi math-rock riff running throughout, but then also throws in the jangly guitars that are synonymous with the sound of indie pop, with Dearbhla Minogue’s candy-sweet vocals sprinkled on top.
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