New album · out now
It All Burns
Down Someday
Six songs about accepting that everything ends — and choosing to live fully anyway.
It All Burns
New album · out now
Six songs about accepting that everything ends — and choosing to live fully anyway.
Who this is
72 Rats is me, Graham Bremner. I write songs about the personal trials and tribulations of life, and I’ve been doing it for about a decade. Talking Heads, R.E.M., Joy Division, The Replacements, Sonic Youth — all pulled in from different directions to make something a little different.
I record with friends, in a room, groove and feel over precision. I want you to feel less alone in it: that it’s okay to take life as it is, want something better, and keep moving forward.
72 Rats bring punk-inspired attitude and post-punk tension to it all burns down someday, an album shaped by lively performances and a broad approach to guitar-driven indie rock.— The Bandcamp Diaries
72 Rats is a very unique band that doesn’t play by conventional standards when it comes to music. … If you’re looking for something completely different and out of the ordinary, then you came to the right place! … ‘It All Burns Down Someday’ has so much going on musically with elements of post-punk, new wave and indie rock. With a hyper original style in place, 72 Rats and its wildly creative mix will make your ears spin!— Music Crowns
Listen up
It All Burns Down Someday is out everywhere. CD, cassette, and digital download on Bandcamp, digital purchase on Subvert, and streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube.
The journal
I'm documenting this album as it comes together on Substack — recording updates, lyric snippets, gear, and the occasional detour. No schedule, just whatever's worth talking about.
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The 2024 EP
Five songs, recorded with collaborators at Peel Studios. Reached #162 on the college radio charts.
The full story — one-sheet, press, radio play, and bio — lives on the nothing left to lose page.
Another name
Experimental and noisy work outside of 72 Rats — ambient pieces, old 4-track noise, a playground for whatever comes up.
"A full complement of 72 Rats would equal about one human in terms of water reclamation," says Layne Carter, a water-processing specialist at the MSFC.
Listen up and rock out.