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Germ Lattice's debut LP from 2024 felt like a product of its surroundings, made in Norwich away from the beady eye of London where something very intriguing is nonetheless boiling over amidst the confluence of encouraging local infrastructure (it has a few great venues), capital city emigres, and relative geographic separation (never found the place quick nor particularly easy to get to, which might very well be to its benefit). As we all well know, you can get weird when unwatched. This follow up collection goes a step further in taking its name from an otherwise inconsequential (though I'm sure no doubt beautiful) small local village and the cover features a photo taken from a project about Norwich's medieval walls that together makes their efforts seem all that more remote and arcane. As if to state the significance of their locale further, it was also recorded live in a new studio overlooking the remains of their previous space across the street - Corpusty is no doubt right where they are, right there in the moment. Like on that first LP, their sound bares resemblance to the fractured anti-formalism of Mosquitoes, CIA Debutante, and later period Shadow Ring, mumbled vocals rhythmically pitched across a collapsing (or is that the sound of emergence?) assemblage of stuttering percussion and electronic manipulations. Now, though, they seem even more confident in their approach, committing to the practice, going further out there, seeing how fried they really can get. You don't need me to tell you just how valuable such an approach can be.
FFO: Mosquitoes, Komare, CIA Debutante, Shadow Ring
