The Rhythm Method

The Rhythm Method's second album 'Peachy', coming March 8th on Moshi Moshi Records.

Publications such as The Guardian, Dazed, Dork, i-D, Loud + Quiet all championed the band early on - comparing them to artists like Pet Shop Boys and Squeeze. The Rhythm Method now return with a vastly different sound, and in their words a "cohesive masterpiece". The new album, produced by Bill Ryder-Jones and featuring Aoife Power of whenyoung, is the first time they have recorded music in a proper studio, and is influenced by a "desire to live up to one’s potential, making sure there’s no regrets on the deathbed" The Rhythm Method have been hailed by everyone from Mike Skinner to Michaela Coel.

On new single Have A Go Heroes, the duo say:

"After a gig in Hull in 2018, Rowan had a psychotic episode. Bad luck. He continued (against all medical advice) with a full UK tour. ‘Have A Go Heroes’ is the result of that. It’s a collage of the British regional landscape: service stations, lonely hills, euphoric and murderous thoughts all in one."

A self-declared "proper second album" - the songs that comprise Peachy are born of candour and from the emotional rollercoaster that is touring. Influences on the new sound will surprise confirmed fans; ranging from The Band and Kris Kristofferson to The Waterboys and Deacon Blue - it is a marked departure from their beginnings.

The band's debut album 'How Would You Know I Was Lonely?' left an indelible mark on the UK independent scene and their influence can be traced across London. With their beginnings in a Thameside squat protection scheme intended for professionals but inhabited by the barely-employed back in 2016, the duo turned a summer of FIFA tournaments, cosmic breakdowns and 4pm beers into a series of bizarre, outsider-music iPhone demos that became a SoundCloud account, then a band, then a live show and an album.

Traditional Irish and Scottish music also play a huge part on this record: Aoife Power lending a Cranberries-esque Celtic warmth to a collection of poignant, thoughtful and at times moving songs that will dramatically switch perceptions of this duo.