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Oxford band Mandrake Handshake have unveiled their latest single ‘Monolith’. The track is taken from their forthcoming EP Shake The Hand That Feeds You, out June 18th on Nice Swan Records. A spaced-out and atmospheric offering, the Andy Ramsay-produced tune is a slice of heady psychedelic with the content shining a spotlight on the transition from a youth to an adult and the constraints that are associated with both. A magnificent and brilliantly composed piece of psych goodness, you can stream ‘Monolith’ below.

Regarding the single, Mandrake Handshake stated:

“‘Monolith’ is one of our only songs with a more personal approach to the lyrics, broadly about coming of age. For us, the track represents a freedom from the restraints of childhood and simultaneously the anxiety of future independence – uncertainty is the price of being free.”