Lagos Paris London: Vinyl LP The Folk Implosion ‘Pacific Kiss’ sees Rat Columns

‘Pacific Kiss’ sees Rat Columns plunging headfirst into an azure sea of power pop

CD 5 - Olympic Sound Studios

Back In The Saddle

maximizing the emotional impact of the melodies

stuttering Super-8 sketches from a washed-out world of melancholy

Lagos Paris London: Vinyl LP The Folk Implosion ‘Pacific Kiss’ sees Rat ColumnsIn 2016, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis was offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a two day session working with the great drummer Tony Allen, who he admired intensely for his influential, multi genre work with the likes of Fela Kuti, Sbastien Tellier and Jeff Mills. Heading into a smoke filled, 70s throwback studio in Paris, Yannis had expected them to make a nostalgic Afrobeat record. Yet something very different emerged. As the pair quickly