Watch Swallow The Rat's Video For 'Mind'
Maintaining the momentum generated by their standout 2023 long player South Locust, Tāmaki Makaurau post-punks Swallow The Rat get in ahead of the NZ Music Month pack with new visuals for album highlight 'Mind'. First person footage of rose-tinted (or perhaps blood-soaked) forest trails accompany the trio of Brian Purington, Hayden Fritchley and Stephen Horsley's cerebral slow-burner — "Lyrically... a series of images of being out in the Waitakere ranges, hiking down towards the black sand beaches; far more abstract than some of our other songs." Back home in Aotearoa following an extensive March tour in the US, Swallow the Rat will be sharp as a tack when they play alongside fellow noise-rock deconstructors Vor-stellen and Dictaphone Blues at Whammy Bar on 17th May — get amongst...
Swallow the Rat, Dictaphone Blues, Vor-stellen
Friday 17th May - Whammy Bar, Auckland
Tickets available HERE via UTR
'South Locust' is out now via Shifting Sounds — limited edition white edition vinyl LP (nearly all gone) orders available HERE.
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