Gramme sounds like the exact moment the disco ball stops spinning and the grit of the city starts to seep through the floorboards. It is music built on a skeletal frame of driving basslines, sharp, scratchy guitar work, and percussion that feels more like a heartbeat than a drum kit. There is a specific kind of London coldness here, filtered through the rhythmic DNA of New York's underground funk-punk scene.
What makes them truly distinctive is their restraint. While their contemporaries in the dance-punk revival often leaned into maximalist noise, Gramme stayed lean and hungry. Their songs are exercises in tension, using repetition and deadpan vocals to create a hypnotic, slightly paranoid atmosphere that makes you want to move even as it makes you feel slightly uneasy.
Start with the 'Pre Release' EP to hear the raw, feverish energy that influenced the likes of Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem. It captures a band perfectly out of step with their time, creating a blueprint for the dance-punk explosion that would follow years later.
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