Ganger 'Geocities' (Wurlitzer Jukebox, 1997)

Unsung godparents of post-rock, Ganger dug a particularly lovely, bass-led furrow in the late 90s. It's fair to say that Mogwai were taking notes and there is a particular round, metallic, twin-bass sound that Ganger should have trademarked but I suppose they themselves owe a bit to 'Djed'-era Tortoise.

I'll admit came to them late and have, once the 'Fore' and 'Hammock Style' albums and have been keeping an eye out for other EPs and 7s over the last few years.

This track - 'Geocities' - is a coiled, poised little beauty that comes in on a delicate, interlocking bass figure, before mathematical but clattering drum set out a spacious beat. It builds and the second bass adds ballast to the track, adding momentum and groove. It resolves into a sweeter expressive passage, the drums loosening up and creating a panorama of sound before the tracks resolves to a close.

And it doesn't go, quiet-loud-quiet-scree neither. Dead restrained.

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