Slap by congratulations

‘Slap’ is the second EP from Brighton quartet congratulations, following debut ‘Woo Hoo’, both released on Bella Union. Whilst ‘Woo Hoo’ was honed over months of relentless gigging, ‘Slap’ came together over time in studio sessions - “We’ve done it the other way round this time, previously we played the songs to death live and had a clear picture of how they would sound recorded. The new songs have more layers, parts and general experimentation. It has been a cool challenge to work out how to play it all with just four of us!”

congratulations have a huge pool of influences to draw from, and the combinations of styles is so important to creating their sound, but ‘Slap’ shows the band sounding unashamedly like themselves, integrating these influences more seamlessly as their songwriting progresses.

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