As much as the expression’s strange, it’s easy to see why South London duo Gentle Friendly‘s sound is described as “junked up”. Their songs can sound at time like a hastily-glued-together set of sounds and vocals spat out at random by a sample machine: jarring and jagged. But gradually these noises become easier to digest, as if one as has attuned to the frequency, or learned the language. A new-ish mini-EP, Rrrrrrr, is out now on Upset The Rhythm, featuring these two numbers…
Kiwi Chang Cane by gentlefriendly
… while The Shake Up is taken from a more recent split 12″ release with Dustin Wong, out on Palmist earlier this month:
Gentle Friendly - Speakers (mp3)