Diagrams

Key tracks:

Black Light
Ghost Lit
Antelope
Tall Buildings

Label: Full Time Hobby

Read Description:

Folktronica but not as you know it. Sparse, crisp melodies crossed with calm sultry vocals.

Crisp, minimalist pop has a new face, and it’s that of London’s Diagrams, named for the defining sound of clean, sharp production and programming. From the brass and string-laden skip of Antelope to the Tom Waits-meets-funk trombone in Hill and the sweetly acoustic Icebreakers, this is a new, playfully eclectic side to the singer- songwriting tradition, full to the brim of colourful and impressionistic lyrical imagery.

Bringing to mind the leftfield pop of Arthur Russell, Metronomy, Hot Chip, Steve Mason and Peter Gabriel, Diagrams latest album release "Black Light" fails to disappoint. It’s a new, playfully eclectic side of Genders’ song writing, but one that maintains the colourful and impressionistic lyrical imagery he’s famous for as Antelope talks of a girl with “Tiny ants under her skin, sending messages to her mind”. Diagrams therefore bears all the invention and imagination of the band Genders founded with Mike Lindsay, who has led Tunng since Genders’ departure, but channels it in a new and vibrantly modern direction.

Releases we represent:

Diagrams | Limited 12" | Full Time Hobby | 2011
Black Light | Digital LP | Full Time Hobby | 2012
Antelope Remixes | Remixes | Static Caravan | 21/4/2012

Quotes:

"This combination of absurdity and accessibility makes Black Light a fascinating debut, and it marks Genders out as a solo talent to keep tabs on." BBC

"A delightful and thoroughly rewarding piece of work." Drowned In Sound

"Both accessible and experimental... this album is a real winter warmer." The Guardian