Auckland, New Zealand’s SWALLOW THE RAT are releasing their debut full-length, Leaving Room, this Friday, April 24th via Shifting Sounds, and today the band have teamed with BrooklynVegan to share one more early preview of the album with a music video for its opening track “New Cross.” Leaving Room is a compelling tangle of driving post-punk rhythms and raw, shoegaze-tinged guitars, with Swallow The Rat expertly using dense atmospherics to build tension and dynamic releases. “New Cross” demonstrates that ever-driving energy, from its sharp opening chords to its crashing finale. BrooklynVegan praised the track saying, “Swallow the Rat traffic in the same kinds of dark, shouty ’80s post-punk influences that buzzy bands like IDLES, Fontaines DC, and The Mur...
