Mandrake Handshake return with otherworldly new single ‘En Vol’

Shapeshifting psych outfit Mandrake Handshake are back with a brand new single! The band, who released their debut album ‘Earth-Sized Worlds’ last year, have shared their first new music since its release.

Produced by Dom Kirtley (Talk Show, Teeth Machine) and the band’s own Row Janjuah, ‘En Vol’ is a classically sprawling effort that feels equal parts woozy and otherworldly. “‘En Vol’ is the moment the Mandrake first leaves the earth behind,” the band have said of the track. “It is the sound of a first take-off; a horizon widening beneath outstretched wings, and the beautiful, precarious conviction that the sky was waiting all along.  

“Inspired by the velvet atmospheres of 90s trip-hop and, in particular, a transcendent live performance by AIR, the song drifts and glides through clouds of analogue warmth before unfurling into something brighter and more reckless. Here, the Mandrake becomes an aviator of her own mythology: all nerve, elegance and aspiration; like Icarus before the sun has compromised his intentions, she is untouched by consequence and intoxicated by possibility.”

Their new track lands ahead of a handful of live appearances; listen to ‘En Vol’ and check out their upcoming show plans below.