Trash Kit

TRASH KIT have a wild feel for melody, writing songs that pull at the reins with a spontaneous charm. Formed in 2009, Rachel Aggs, Rachel Horwood and Ros Murray have become the glowing core of London's DIY underground. Their music is primal yet thoughtful, affirming yet sincere, drawing on the potential of post-punk and the naturalism of an internal folk music.

Galloping polyrhythms, overlapping sung-spoke lyrics and entwining guitars are all drawn together into a taut unity in Trash Kit's sound. Both Rachels tangle their vocals with each other whilst expressive drumbeats and restless guitar flurries provide the rhythmic drive.

Aggs' guitar playing is informed by African fingerstyle patterns as well as the percussive attitude of various no wave shredders. Horwood approaches her drumkit with an untamable freedom, pushing it into the realm of a vivid lead instrument. Trash Kit's music is full of pauses, woven silence and punctuation too, creating space for Ros and her resonant bass work to shine.