Album Review: Earth-Sized Worlds by Mandrake Handshake

Bridging freeform art-pop with Bacharach breeziness, the Oxford-hailing outfit specialise in disorientation by design, discarding structure via open-ended shimmering guitar, tunnelling electronica and tessellating vocals. Marking the band's first full-length debut since emerging with their initial ….

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Where to start with this London-via-Oxford collective? They are a dizzying prospect on every front. Their sprawling line-up numbers anywhere between seven and ten depending on what day it is, and includes a dedicated tambourine player à la Brian Jonestown Massacre as well as a synth wizard who calls himself Moogieman (get it?). They playfully describe their sound as 'flowerkraut', and whilst it can be broadly described as psychedelia, the sonic palette of Mandrake Handshake is a swirling, genre-fluid maelstrom, one they've finally attempted to get down on record with 'Earth-Sized Worlds'.

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