Erasers

Tracing its lineage to the drone-oriented rock of the 1970s led by figures such as John Cale, Erasers produces cyclical compositions that glide across impassive, entrancing rhythms assembled from drum-machine sequences, analog synthesizers, guitars, Fender Rhodes keyboards, and Rebecca Orchard’s monotone delivery. After issuing several brief recordings, Orchard and bandmate Rupert Thomas issued their first full-length effort, Stem Together, in 2015; by their third album, Constant Connection, released in 2022, the duo had cultivated denser, more shadowed sonic layers.

Established in 2009 within the remote setting of Perth, Australia, the project unites vocalist and synthesizer player Rebecca Orchard with guitarist and synth operator Rupert Thomas, both committed to stripped-down forms, iterative motifs, and sustained tones as foundational elements. Venturing into broader sonic spaces, their opening EP, Summer, surfaced in January 2010 as a Solid Melts cassette; Autumn followed shortly afterward as a limited-edition 7-inch on Metal Postcard. The more opaque, domestically captured Twin Spurs, issued mid-2012 by the Owls imprint, signaled a stronger emphasis on sustained tonal fields.

Erasers entered the Fire Talk catalog with the full-length Stem Together in September 2015. They resurfaced with the cassette EP Forecast on Solid Melts during the first half of 2019, then delivered their sophomore album, Pulse Points, via Fire Talk that July. Continuing to refine an increasingly weighty and enveloping approach, the band’s third album, Constant Connection, appeared on Fire Talk in April 2022.