Shaking Hand have shared “Cable Ties,” the final single from their debut album, out now on Melodic. One of the first tracks the band ever wrote, the eight-minute poly-rhythmic post-rock epic rises and falls constantly, pushing against structure with sudden jolts of tempo, polyrhythms that almost fall apart, and riffs that unravel into something fragile or ecstatic. It is the kind of track that rewards full attention and announces a band with a genuinely distinct compositional voice.
The band’s musical DNA runs through experimental guitar outfits like Slint, Sonic Youth, Pavement, and Ulrika Spacek, balanced with the melodic sensibility of Big Thief and the dynamic intimacy of Yo La Tengo. Their compositions sit at the intersection of structure and collapse, never quite settling, always in motion. Listeners already deep into the album are calling it one of the most fully realised debut records in recent post-rock memory.