RATTLE

Sequence 7/10

Drums and voices, nothing more, nothing less

For their second album, Rattle, the duo of Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley, double down on the intensive focus of their self-titled 2016 debut. Working with the simplest of kits – just drums and vocals – the four long songs on Sequence do their bidding via cumulative impact: “DJ” locks into a multi-limbed, hydra rhythm that’s joyously unrelenting; “The Rocks” floats on seas of cymbals. Parts of the album recall OOIOO, New York nowavers Pulsallama, or The Raincoats circa Moving, but there’s a welcome freshness to Sequence; it may be smartly, deftly constructed, but it feels free and open.