Fell Runner weave around shopping isles and melodic, post-punk hooks on latest release “Supermarket”

“Supermarket”, taken from their upcoming album Talking, is about, according to the band, “taste testing chocolate almonds from the bulk bin at Sprouts, when you see an acquaintance you really don’t want to have to talk to.”

While balking at the idea of awkward exchanges is hardwired into our psyche, Fell Runner give a literary spin to the commonplace. Soaring vocal harmonies, polyrhythms that run rings around you and synth that topples methodically like falling dominoes give a considered, complex veneer to a track which is really about climbing into the freezer and hiding next to the frozen dinners and Häagen-Dazs.

Their scrapbook of influences is rich and over-brimming, with the unconventional hallmarks of West African music which they studied under Ghanaian drum master, Alfred Ledzekpo. Drawing on these traditional sounds and typical experiences, Fell Runner’s magic lies with imbuing them with urgency, approaching things at an angle previously unexplored.