Winnipeg-based band bland make a strong first impression with their debut EP consumables, charming with a sound that blends post-punk intrigue and passionate rock immediacy. Recorded at No Enjoyable Membership and sharpened by Rob Hill’s engineering alongside Donovan Ostopowich’s mixing and mastering, the discharge is a completely spectacular providing from the rising act.
“These songs got here from all over, however recording them collectively gave them a form,” vocalist Ike Hedenstierna says. “We lastly took the leap. Now we’re writing music that feels like us, no matter that finally ends up being.”
Opening monitor “panacea” swells with quick momentum. A jumpy bass line and whirring guitars craft a simmering enthrallment. “There’s a golden thread, there’s a magic spell, there’s a silver bullet” a debonair vocal entry commences, reminding fondly of black midi within the suave vocal disposition and post-punk rhythmic construct. “Are you betting on it? Are you relying on it?” they proceed to accentuate, culminating in a raucously satisfying fervency by mid-point; the shout-y vocal backings right here invigorate additional, as do the lyrical sentiments of capturing how individuals search otherwise for antidotes to non-public tumult.
The opener’s climactic attraction continues with the stellar “robust love,” which drives right into a dynamic title-touting hook that ventures from darkish solemnity to a charismatic rock vigor. The EP impresses throughout all 5 tracks, from the brisk punchiness of “present affairs” — stirring particularly in a scorching guitar solo previous the mid-point — to the riveting finale “is it sufficient.” That send-off begins with a rumbling rhythmic presence, then increasing right into a no-frills rock confidence that reveals shades of The Libertines and The Strokes in its vocal feeling and spirited guitar escalations. consumables is a totally enveloping success from bland, who show masterful of their post-punk and rock synergy.
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“panacea” and different tracks featured this month could be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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