Shaking Hand

Shaking Hand, a trio from Manchester, play this Leeds concert at Hyde Park Book Club. Their music combines slow-building post-rock with emo and 1990s American alternative rock.

Shaking Hand is a Manchester trio whose songs develop slowly over long stretches, built on several guitar tunings and shifting time signatures. Their outlook draws on modernist architecture as well as the American alternative rock of the 1990s and midwestern emo, so the music sits between post-rock and indie rock.

Their influences run from experimental guitar groups such as Women, Slint, Sonic Youth, Pavement and Ulrika Spacek to the more melodic songwriting of Big Thief and the quieter, dynamic side of Yo La Tengo. Those references point to an approach that mixes tense, angular passages with lyrical guitar lines.

Hyde Park Book Club, the Leeds venue hosting the evening, presents concerts and shows throughout the year. The night will appeal to listeners who follow guitar-led independent rock and enjoy music that unfolds gradually rather than in short, direct song forms.