Album Review: Rat & Co - Binary

Melbourne-based quartet Rat & Co return with their second album, Binary, which from the very outset displays the perfect marriage of complex yet minimalist sounds within ambient electronica. Josh Delaney's vocal swirls are a delight, blending so seamlessly into the background on opening track, Samurai, before taking the spotlight in Free Town to superb dramatic effect. The scratching, industrial samples paired with delicate synth contributions of Calculated Movements I gives the first glimpse of the band evolving into something utterly spectacular, a notion that develops strongly through the course of the album.