Robocobra Quartet - Wellness

First Taste Records

£12.38

Format: 7" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: FTR002
Barcode: 5051083176262
Release Date: 22 Apr 2022
Genre: New Wave / Post Punk

 Improvisation and experimentation are at the core of Robocobra Quartet’s DNA, almost intentionally at odds with their roots as a post punk band.
 Including members with no musical training alongside European music conservatoire innovators, the result is a groove-driven but cerebral blast, invoking the likes of Fugazi, Talking Heads and contemporaries such as Squid and Black Country, New Road.
 The eclectic free nature of their live shows allows them to
channel hop from moments of joy and playfulness to periods of intense fury, creating a unique sound that has earned them invitations to Montreux Jazz Festival and Latitude.
 Robocobra Quartet have a rule: No Guitars Allowed. Their unique sound, concocted and self-produced in Belfast, Northern Ireland, sees that ‘middle’ space filled by other instruments such as saxophones, samplers, keyboards and sound effects, swirling around the melodic basslines and powerful drum rhythms which prop up the core of each of their songs.
 On top of this music sits a single vocal from behind the drum kit amid a fury of rhythm, sometimes marrying perfectly with the pulse of the drums and occasionally at complete odds with it.
 Live dates / tour to be announced.
 “I genuinely don’t think there is another band like ‘em, anywhere in these islands” - Tom Robinson
 “Free-floating musical explorers” - Hannah Peel
 “Fugazi meets Mingus.” - Drowned in Sound
 “Exploratory pioneers.” - BBC Radio 3 Late Junction
 “A cunning marriage of jazz, spoken word and punk” - The Quietus
 Radio - Radio 1 Dan P Carter Rock Show, 6 Music Tom Robinson, Stuart Maconie, Mary-Anne Hobbs, Radio 3 Hannah Peel, Late Junction, RTE 2fm Dan Hegarty, Worldwide FM Tina Edwards, Radio Foyle Stephen Macauley.

Tracklisting
Wellness
I Love You

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