Saturday, December 22, 2012

Nephu Huzzband: Album Review

Nephu Huzzband
'Elementary'
Deep Recording Co

brilliantly inventive

Quite clearly not a band who would ever be happy just to go with what works - Nephu Huzzband are forward-thinking songwriters with a naturally high brow perception for creating the music that inspires them rather than cloning the generic indie floor fillers of student union Thursday night discos. The result of their artistic conscience is this genre splicing hybrid of sound they’ve formulated as their own.  An intermixing of post punk and new wave stripped back to its most primitive ambience and re- fashioned with an amped up distortion becomes the bare bones of nostalgia framed in the muscular physique of  a DIY aesthetic.  It’s what makes this album stand out from possibly anything else you’re likely to have heard this year.  If standout tracks had to be chosen I’d consider the rugged pace of punk’s influence on “It’s Only Ordinary”, the serrated new wave sound of “Nurse! Nurse!” and thrash driven instrumental “Neptune & Luiton” as examples of how great a debut this is. It’s clever, intuitive, edgy and awash with originality and depth. As good as anything else you’ll get right now.


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