Immediately hooked" - Everett True "The perceptiveness of Ray Davies meets the eerie folk of Shirley Collins meets theunstoppability of the Fall meets the combustibility of the Raincoats' - Tim Burrows, journalist (TheQuietus, The Guardian) THE PLAN has been described as Talking Heads meets the Breeders' but debut album Nervous Energy takes the band in a more progressive and experimental direction. Post-punk in origin but with overtones of no wave,psych and garage rock, the record flaunts its flexibility with a mismatch of emotions. Nihilism, humour and pure joy compete and collude with an overriding positivity carrying all songs. Along with the announcement, the band has shared the snappy new single 'Annotate TheText', its repetitive, tumbling post-punk call-and-response coming in at just over one and ahalf minutes. Guitarist/vocalist Rebecca Gillieron says of it: "I used to be an editor, so this was probably written whilst I was meant to be working, and it's about taking control of reality, embellishing the best features of your existence, deleting negative factors, shapingthe positive elements." "Nervous Energy" showcases THE PLAN's love of straightforwardly good tunes thatget screwed-up by degrees. Fierce beats, unruly guitars and barely suppressed maniafrom the keys and homemade-cello underlay soaring harmonies delivered by wellmatchedfemale vocals. ou can dance to it too', they claim.Originally the side project of Rebecca Gillieron from all-female trio Wetdog (Angular Records, Upset The Rhythm), THE PLAN has become a force of its own. Forming last summer, this definitive line-up includes previous members of Vic Godard's Subway Sect, Private Trousers and The Ghosts and keeps itself close to home: half the members live together, some are married, many are related. "the Plan are as compelling as they are inventive, reminiscent of some of the more inventive post-punkers but with a power and creativity that is very much their own' - Zo? Howe, author (Typical Girls - Story of the Slits, Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses)
