PREMIERE: Stranded – Arch Groves [Double Phantom Records]

Stranded's new EP 'The Dead' arrives at that hour when the city finally shuts up - all sub-bass rumble and skeletal beats, the kind of thing that sounds best through headphones on the last bus home. It's got that Bristol thing in its bones: dub's cavernous space, post-punk's wire-tight nerves, hip-hop's head-nod. Opening track "Arch Groves" sets the tone for the whole record - vocal samples drift like smoke through low-end weight and slow-burning unease, swelling and receding without ever fully resolving. The guitars don't lead so much as lurk at the edges, scraping and hovering. It's the sound of something haunted, patient, built for dark rooms and quiet contemplation. Stream it here and pre order the EP: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premiere-stranded-arch-groves/