Discovery Of The Week: Shopping

If I was granted one magical wish this week (excluding the ability to remove discrimination and war from the world) it would be for the world to read this article and discover Shopping. This London three piece blew me over with their 2013 debut album Consumer Complaints. The album is an insane amalgamation of sporadic yelling, one of a kind riffs and tunes to knock your socks off. At points they sound like Gang Of Four, at others like Talking Heads or the Pixies, and the different sounds and influences just keep rolling. But with Rachel Aggs’ simple lyrics and effective, punchy delivery, Shopping are just wonderfully unique and fresh.

Shopping have been whacking new bangers onto Soundcloud over the last month, with new tracks ‘Straight Lines’ and ‘Why Wait?’, both being tracks plucked from Shopping’s upcoming second album Why Choose. ‘Why Wait?’ is the most punk of their post-punk collection of songs, it’s the ‘Blitzkreig Bop’ of its decade. ‘Straight Lines’ is more unpredictable, with drummer Andrew Milk taking main vocal duties with his low and melodic vocal adding a different depth to the song. Milk calls it the “answer song” to debut record track ‘For Your Money’. It reflects the song with similar fast-paced guitars and vocal echoing by Aggs and bassist Billy Easter.

Shopping are joining the incredible Ought for a run of three UK dates from the 1 to 3 September in London, Manchester and Birmingham.  It is essential you go and check out these guys plus – with a line-up that includes Ought and Weddings – you’re really getting your money’s worth. If you really can’t make that, head down to their album launch at The Dalston on 7 October.

 

Why Choose is released via FatCat Records on October 2.

Elli Brazzill
@littlelionelli

Elli Brazzill

Elli Brazzill

I’m Elli, 20 and live in Manchester. I like good music, gigs, rice krispies, 7” singles and puns. Alex G, Day Wave, Jaws, Talking Heads, Best Friends, Mac DeMarco, The Strokes, Parquet Courts and Tyler the Creator are pretty cool aren’t they. @cometobrazzill on twitter.