Shrapnel - Sedan Crater LP

Shrapnel, a band with 5 or so releases under their belt, have just made another one called ‘Sedan Crater’ for the esteemed Tenth Court record label. Starting off as the solo home recording project of Sam Wilkinson, Shrapnel has blossomed to become a real-deal guitar band where all members (Matthew Neville, Ben Schattner, Nick Johnson, Toby Baldwin) contribute songs and personality.

You could probably allocate a boy band member archetype to each member: the mysterious one, the bad boy, the sensitive one, the small business owner etc… Just kidding, each fellas’ musical personalities aren’t so cut n’ dry, and create a group voice where a dense pool of ideas and loud noises fight for space, but end up in harmony.

Shrapnel straddle writing songs that are pretty, but also irritable. Constructive, with a hint of destruction. Work shed psychedelia? I don’t know. When I listen to ‘Sedan Crater” I can’t help but think about how groups like The Moles and 3Ds incorporated The Pretty Things and The Pink Floyd into their jangle-pop without going all paisley dress up about it. - Nic