Drahla - Useless Coordinates (CD)

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Leeds-formed Drahla have defined their own vital subset of art-rock with Useless Coordinates, a debut album that'€™s as fearless as it is enthralling.

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 recording in 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 and Wakefield-based drummer Mike Ainsley managed 10 days in the studio in total. It was the unsettled nature of the period that part-inspired the album'€™s title. "€œ[Useless Coordinates] summarised all of our situations,"€ Brown explains.

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