Exclusive video premiere of ‘The Barrows’ by Houseplants, taken from the upcoming album ‘II’, out March 4th 2022 via Win Big Records.

Oli Heffernan continues his saga of experimental releases. Houseplants is fairly less known among his huge discography consisting of dozens of albums under various monikers. Houseplants’ second album fleshed out the sound with some live drums from Neil Turpin (Bilge Pump/Objections/Yann Tiersen) and synths from Robbie Major (Benefits) – both soon to be part of the live Ivan The Tolerable band with Heffernan.

Houseplants ‘II’ eludes easy descriptions and soundbites. It’s taut, nervy post-punk in places, Neu!-beat chug in others, a shimmering, languid drift on the 12-minute centrepiece ‘Half A Monkey Loser II’, all capped off with a torrent of imagery from crook. It was recorded throughout the lockdown in various places, mixed by studio Ninja Anthony Chapman (Collapsed Lung/Arndales) and is released on Win Big!, the Durham label.

Vinyl/Download pre-order goes live tomorrow for Bandcamp Friday at 9am GMT | First 30 orders come with a free tote bag and poster designed by Oli Heffernan

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