Sunday, July 23, 2017

Chepang - 1Love Demo 2017 (Rat Mix Records)

Today our theme will be Nepal, or rather the people from this country (who happily moved to live in the US). Today we will listen to the last release of Chepang (by the way it is the name of the poorest tribe in Nepal). This small tape was released a few month ago and it's something like a raw prelude to their very first full album (which hopefully will be released at the end of this year). What can I say? These guys really have crazy talent for creating mad noise. This 1Love demo is pretty short (only 5 minutes), if I understand it right then all the material was recorded the diy way (and it sounds correspondingly), also this tape has a pretty raw mix (hope that album will have another sound). On fast moments everything turns into a mash it`s hard to catch each instrument (but I guess it`s a usual problem for all live records). That fact upsets me a little because their first EP was like a chaotic bomb. But anyway it`s just a raw demo, just a small unhandled slice of the first album. There also are moments where the band decides to slow it down and at these parts, they sound almost like strange kind of sludge. Oh, almost forgot to mention the fact that these bastards love to use TWO drum sets (in videos that crazy stuff looks so badass)… unfortunately that is all that can I write about this dirty tape. PS: can’t wait to hear their first album. Rating: 7/10 Chepang fb

You can buy this tape HERE!