“Funk-filled psychedelic-leaning bop” DIY
“A cyclonic tour de force” The Line Of Best Fit
“If Mandrake Handshake keep planting stars, a universal shift is imminent” So Young Magazine
“New Banger” NME
"Ushering in a new era" Dork
“Skittering rhythms, bloopy synths and psychedelic harmonies” The Independent
“Mandrake Handshake melt together Syd Barrett psychedelia alongside more modern touchstones – think Tony Allen rhythms, Unknown Mortal Orchestra electronics and more” Clash
“Time slowing sensation” I Paper
"Delicious... I just want to take a bite out of it" Deb Grant (BBC 6 Music)
Mandrake Handshake release brand new LP reveal ‘Hypersonic Super-Asterid’, out today (February 4th), marking the latest teaser from their forthcoming debut LP ‘Earth-Sized Worlds’, set for release February 21st via cult indie label Tip Top Recordings (Japanese Television).
With their biggest UK headline show to date at London’s No90 (Hackney Wick) lined up for February 28th, preceded by an album in-store tour around its release, Mandrake Handshake are certainly firing on all cylinders ahead of their LP’s arrival. Having already showcased lead singles ‘Charlie’s Comet’, ‘King Cnut’ and ‘The Change And The Changing’ in recent months, the group today share a re-recorded version of long-time live favourite, and debut single, ‘Hypersonic Super-Asterid’, blown up and bedazzled with their full surround-sound Space Beach treatment.
Varying anywhere between 7-10 members - including a dedicated, flamboyant tambourine shaker - their pristine, multi-limbed spectacle of a live show has journeyed up and down the UK and EU in recent times. With multiple headline tours to their name, including a sold-out show at London’s iconic 100 Club, the group have already ticked off slots at the likes of Wide Awake, Green Man and Manchester Psych Fest, as well as shows with psych-figureheads W.H Lung, Pale Blue Eyes, Triptides and Sugar Candy Mountain; the band also attracted widespread plaudits on their UK tour support with Del Amitri in December last year as their profile continues to soar.
With two critically acclaimed EPs already to their name - ‘Shake The Hand That Feeds You’ (released via Nice Swan Records) and ‘The Triple Point of Water’ - Mandrake Handshake’s long list of press champions includes The Independent, The i, Uncut, NME, Loud & Quiet, Dork, DIY, So Young, The Line Of Best Fit, Rough Trade, Clash, Crack, Shindig!, Record Collector and Guitar World, as well as extensive BBC 6 Music (Deb Grant, Don Letts, Gideon Coe) and Radio X (John Kennedy) airplay.
Detailing their newest release, Mandrake Handshake revealed: “‘Hypersonic Super-Asterid’ is the Mandrake Handshake origin story; the protease fibres that make up our genetic code. Prompted by a Stereolab live set and the visions of a utopian society it inspired (naturally), the creation of this song marked our progression into Mandrake Handshake-dom: a damascene vision of our musical future like rays of light bursting into our eyelids. Being the first single we ever released, and played at every single live-show since, Hypersonic Super-Asterid now comes to you revamped, re-juiced, and in techi-colour widescreen surround sound for the very first time.”
Produced by Dom Kirtley (Talk Show, Teeth Machine) and Row Janjuah, Mandrake Handshake’s ‘Hypersonic Super-Asterid’ is out now via Tip Top Recordings and available on all digital platforms.
Mandrake Handshake is Row Janjuah (lead guitar/vocals), Trinity Oksana (lead vocals), Elvis Thirlwell (percussion), Joe Bourdier (drums), Rudy Mae Symonds (backing vocals), David Howard-Baker (saxophone/flute/keys), Moogieman (modular synth/keys), Charlie Arrowsmith (rhythm guitar/comet), Jake Kavanagh (bass)
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