Dandelion Graves are an alt-rock duo from London, whose compelling soundscape emerges from the classic age of post-punk and new wave, whilst leaping into a new age of experimental rock. Comprised of Katie Green on vocals/drums and Rob Alexander on guitars, Dandelion Graves are arcane alchemists, whose music blooms in the dark flowerbeds of pagan-punk, goth-rock, art-rock, doom-pop, grunge-gaze, trip-hop and lean towards the sun-drenched rays of shoegaze. They are night navigators of dream-pop, colliding with the beguiling bubbles of darkwave, whilst spinning in a Kaleidoscope of neo-psychedelica. What could be the secret love-child of Siouxsie and the Banshees , Cocteau Twins , and Joy Formidable, Dandelion Graves are a powerhouse of virtuoso guitars, thunderous beats, explosive interludes and spellbinding vocals. They are melancholically uplifting and majestically euphoric, a band that spins a web of witchcraft, weaving the silken threads of magic that leaves you completely spellbound.
Following the success of their singles, “Maladaptive”, “Folie à Deux”, and “Blue Moons”, Dandelion Graves have released another single “Nine Lives”, which has been selected as The Manc Review’s Single Of The Month. Available via Bandcamp, Nine Lives is a track that is testament to the band’s diversity and skill at completely captivating their audience. It’s also a track that is so textured and multi-layered that the more you listen to it the more you enjoy and appreciate its meticulous and intricate details. An abstract work of art, Nine Lives slithers and prowls through the gritty gateways of grunge-gaze, navigating through the night mist of art-rock, whilst shoegazing at the stars. It’s a sublime track, that embodies the mysticism of music, that seduces the senses and elevates the soul.
Through the exquisite vocals of Green, Nine Lives, astral planes into a higher dimension of dreampop, capturing the essence of ethereal rock, likened to Elizabeth Fraser, Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux. As a vocalist, Green is a spellbinding sorceress, that hums amongst the cosmos and harmonises amidst the chaos. Through the elongated, soaring and levitating tones, Green catches the stars of darkwave and illuminates the pathways of goth-rock. Also playing on bass and drums, Green shines as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, whose impeccable artistry spans the depths of the divine.
Along with the wizardry, remixing and remastering by Alexander, Nine Lives, mutates and metamorphoses through the portals of post-punk, and revisits the space-stations of new wave. Through his rigorous riffs and swirling strums, Alexander redefines the boundaries of shoegaze, crossing over into the poppy-fields of neo-psychedelica whilst backtracking into the wilderness. Tinged and singed through its Eastern influences, Nine Lives transcends a windswept ambience, that ebbs and flows, dips and dives and glitches into an apotheosis ending of experimental rock.