Shaking Hand - Mantras
Melodic Records
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The first single from the upcoming debut album out 16th January 2026.
Somewhere close to Manchester’s ever changing city centre, as the sun fades and peeks through the newest glass facade, you’ll find Shaking Hand. One part in shadow, the other basking in prisms of light as they sketch out their own sonic landscapes in the dusty redbrick mill they call home. One that is just about clinging on from the encroaching developments that surround them. Today they announce their eponymous debut album, out 16th January 2026 on Melodic. Recorded with producer David Pye (Wild Beasts, Teenage Fanclub) at Nave Studios in Leeds.
The band’s musical DNA runs through experimental guitar outfits like Women, Slint, Sonic Youth, Pavement, and Ulrika Spacek, balanced with the melodic sensibility of Big Thief and the dynamic intimacy of Yo La Tengo. Their compositions push against structure: sudden jolts of tempo, polyrhythms that almost fall apart, and riffs that unravel into something fragile or ecstatic.
On Mantras, 7 minutes of hypnotic time changes and overlapping melodies, vocalist & guitarist George Hunter finds creative solace in his writing. “I can often find myself looking too far forwards and feeling this need to grow to attain this version of myself, and this mindset can often be a hindrance. I often jot down things I want to do more / less off when I’m like this and after some time I ended up titling them ‘mantras’“
The album artwork is taken from unused plans for the 1970s redevelopment of Los Angeles by architect Ray Kappe, entitled ‘People Movers’. Shaking Hand are George Hunter (Vocals, Guitar), Freddie Hunter (Drums) & Ellis Hodgkiss (Bass).
Somewhere close to Manchester’s ever changing city centre, as the sun fades and peeks through the newest glass facade, you’ll find Shaking Hand. One part in shadow, the other basking in prisms of light as they sketch out their own sonic landscapes in the dusty redbrick mill they call home. One that is just about clinging on from the encroaching developments that surround them. Today they announce their eponymous debut album, out 16th January 2026 on Melodic. Recorded with producer David Pye (Wild Beasts, Teenage Fanclub) at Nave Studios in Leeds.
The band’s musical DNA runs through experimental guitar outfits like Women, Slint, Sonic Youth, Pavement, and Ulrika Spacek, balanced with the melodic sensibility of Big Thief and the dynamic intimacy of Yo La Tengo. Their compositions push against structure: sudden jolts of tempo, polyrhythms that almost fall apart, and riffs that unravel into something fragile or ecstatic.
On Mantras, 7 minutes of hypnotic time changes and overlapping melodies, vocalist & guitarist George Hunter finds creative solace in his writing. “I can often find myself looking too far forwards and feeling this need to grow to attain this version of myself, and this mindset can often be a hindrance. I often jot down things I want to do more / less off when I’m like this and after some time I ended up titling them ‘mantras’“
The album artwork is taken from unused plans for the 1970s redevelopment of Los Angeles by architect Ray Kappe, entitled ‘People Movers’. Shaking Hand are George Hunter (Vocals, Guitar), Freddie Hunter (Drums) & Ellis Hodgkiss (Bass).
