Deptford’s finest (forget Athlete, fer ‘eaven’s sake..) are back. The five piece mucky funksters who debuted in 2003 with their “Necessary Measures” album return to the fray with “All Out Fall Out” a journey into sound which combines an almost psychotic devotion to genre-clashing with a love of the good groove, the kind of band-against-the-world ethic you expect from punk rock with a sense of humour which means they don’t taken any of it too seriously.

Pest are a five piece collective taking in a classically-trained cello player, an ‘avin’ it hip hop DJ/MC, one of the trombonists from the Bollywood Brass Band, a techno producer and a guitarist who is so good that Gibson paid to put him through music college. The result of this combustible mixture of styles, attitudes and characters is to be heard all over “All Out Fall Out”.

From the fractured funk of "Delucid", through the fast guitar licks of “Pat Pong,” on into the sweet melancholy of “Downward Steps,” the cut-up symphonic rap of “Wu Ju,” the locked African groove of “Click Bitches,” the technoid G-funk of “Ogres,” through the squelching attack of “Cous Cous” and on into the fairground psychosis of “Donde Pesta,” this is an album that never sits still or plays to preconceptions.

Five diverse musical minds collaborate here to make something unique. The results may not always be straightforward but the motivation’s that simple. It’s a labour of love – and as occasional frontman Adrian Josey puts it on “Wu Ju”, “it’s amazing what you’ll do for the things that you like…”

"…a super tight, fidgety, colourful, funky, out-there style collision."
DJ Magazine

“Witty fusion of jazz, hip hop, loungecore and post techno… South London’s Answer to The Herbaliser.”
Metro

"…a funky and diverse outfit who effortlessly erase genres with slick basslines and subtly inventive songs …Catchy rhythms, gnarly synth-lines and fibrous soul all intermingle here like old pals at a genre reunion."
Knowledge

"Chilled melodies and crunchy beats are the flavour of the day… go buy it and I guarantee you won't stop nodding your head for hours."
Spill

"Definitely one of the best and most enduring records I've heard in a long time"
Unity Magazine

“Ninja Tune's premier funk soul brothers.”
Clash

"As much a dance floor filler as it is home listening, 'All Out Fall Out' is the rebirth of (guitar) cool."
2/47

"With its mass of contradiction sounds which mix so beautifully, this will entrance your ears and make you shake it, even while sleeping..."
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