PSYCH-POP six-piece Quiche returned last week with the sublime ‘Rat Habits’. The band have made an art of mining through different eras of classic rock music and refashioning them in their own image, touching down on roaming psychedelia, swooning pop, the harmonious textures of the 60s and more while continuing to display their immense songwriting chops in abundance.
‘Rat Habits’ is all swaying melodies, soaring guitar lines and earnest vocals thrown in together in a glorious amalgamation of 50s doo-wop and psych-pop. Under its dreamy, romantic production though, lies darker meaning. Jack Borrill said “Rat Habits is a song I wrote during a prolonged period of self-loathing. The lyrics reflect on self-destructive patterns of spending all of your money, using narcotics and a bad relationship”.
Bringing their own unique and refreshing sound to the city’s ever-evolving soundscape, it’s a wonderful piece of songwriting from a band who have been quietly going about their business for some time now with increasingly impressive results.
Photo by Rosie Sco Photography
