Mandrake Handshake’s full live session for KEXP at ESMA in Rennes, France during Trans Musicales, is out now and it’s an absolute statement. The 8-piece collective tears through 4 tracks, “King Cnut,” “Lorenzo’s Desk,” “The Change And The Changing,” and “Hypersonic Super-Asterid,” with the kind of sprawling, hypnotic energy that only a band this locked-in can generate. Multiple vocalists, layered guitars, live percussion, KORG, synth, and a rhythm section that holds the whole swirling mass together.


