You Already Know - Stop Whispering

Since home studios revolutionised the recording industry, more and more bands have been taking matters into their own hands when it comes to capturing and releasing music. You Already Know are another fine example of just such self-sufficiency, having built their own studio above one of Glasgow's city-centre record shops. Thankfully production values are reasonably high on Stop Whispering, their debut full-length. Their take on instrumental post-rock is a lot more direct than the swirling atmospherics of Mono, Explosions.. and the Constellation bands; drums and guitar plough through riffs for much of the album, making it less a meditative experience than a soundtrack to fast driving at dusk. When the band do venture into other territories they do so with considerable success: second track Sick of Ants demonstrates a fondness for Battles' experimental alt-rock and is arguably the best number on a solid, impressive calling card.