Alan Duggan-Borges is the guitarist and producer for Dublin noise-rockers Gilla Band, and he also records stark, merciless electronic music as the Null Club. Earlier this year, the Null Club came out with a self-titled EP, which had collaborations with ELUCID, the Horrors’ Faris Badwan, and Mandy, Indiana’s Valentine Caulfield. Today, he’s got a new single with Miss Grit.
New York artist Miss Grit released the single “Tourist Mind” last month. The Null Club’s new track “Overgrown” is a noisy, urgent, insistend six-minute techno attack with whispery intonations from Miss Grit over the top. Here’s what Alan Duggan-Borges says about it:
The hypnotic but kind of punishing nature of a 909 kick drum is something I’ve always searched for in music. When I first got a 909 drum machine and heard how full the kick drum could be by itself, I got lost in that specific low end for a good few weeks. The studio where I write has some big big subs, so I would sit there for hours chasing the full sound of those drums. That was the starting point of this track.
When I had a rough pass of the instrumental done, Miss Grit added vocals and life to the track. The whole thing came together quite naturally, and the vocals added so much feel and texture to the track.
And here’s what Miss Grit says:
I’ve been a fan of Alan’s work for a while now, so I was honestly shocked he wanted to work with me. When he sent over the track, I was obsessed but also intimidated because it was so good and I didn’t know how I was gonna make it sound any better than it already was. I ended up writing lyrics about that, basically — the overthinking and self-consciousness that often gets stirred up in myself when collaborating. I was so happy hearing the final version. Alan made me sound so much better than I thought I did.
Check it out below.
