The quartet of Sonam Parikh, Pier Harrison Juliette Rando & Kat Bean are the glorious blood & guts behind Eraser. Much can be said of their paths to this apex, how these sounds coalesced , but who has the time? We are here, now, to speak of Eraser's debut release, 'Hideout', on Siltbreeze Records.
First, let me ask that you are familiar with the golden age of Rough Trade? Then if so, you would immediately connect with the sound of Eraser, which twitches & gyrates in a mashup of Pere Ubu & Kleenex. And yet there is a distinct New York-meets-Berlin No Wave tension underlying the fun. Think The Static meets Mania D. Are you in or out?
And yet all of these are just luscious trajectories to lead you into the lair of Eraser's infective polygot of sound. There was a saying in the old days, "The person who can't dance says the band can't play". But in current times that is a bygone sentiment & both burn feverishly in the bloodstream of Eraser. They are here to spread their beguiling contagion upon all who will it. And no vaccine can deny them.
FFO; ZE Records, 99 Records, Lust/Unlust, Zickzack.

Gundred Klette-Siltbreeze publicist, Stuttgart,Germany.