PREMIERE: Aathens - Idiot Thing [Blank Editions]
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Channel: Ransom Note · 2017 · Music
Pre-order the album here: http://bit.ly/2iz5u41 Hackney-based post-punk outfit Aathens were formed in late 2015, their early rehearsals taking place in the basement of Kingsland Road's now-defunct DIY space Power Lunches which closed shortly afterwards. That dark, sweaty, hallucinatory basement was where I first witnessed the band's incendiary live show, which bristles with tightly-wound energy. Now, Aathens are releasing their debut album 'Virtue Signal' on East London imprint Blank Editions, and we're premiering the record's first track, 'Idiot Thing'. The taut, spindly guitar lines and acrobatic rhythm section call to mind a cross between Television and the Minutemen - and it's just the tip of the iceberg on an album which announces Aathens as one of the most exciting and substantial guitar groups in the UK right now.
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