DEBAUCH MOOD's 26th analog record release is VINCE;NT "VAPID (LP+CD)".
This long-awaited LP (with a CD of the same content) will be released in April 2022, and will be a whirlwind of challenging songs polished under a different direction than the recently released "Resurrection_Ax/Ex (7") single".
The four members are Yusuke Shinma (gt/vo), Arisa Katsu (gt/vo), Iori Kimura (ba), and Kanako Teramoto (dr). The band has been praised in various places for its purely alternative musicality as its mainstay, while incorporating a very inflected interpretation of "Stoner/Doom/Desert Rock" via "Neo Psyche/Gothic/Junk" in their music.
The only physical works they have released in the past are their early work "DIVIDED (CD)" and their previous work "Resurrection:Ax/Ex (7")".
The sense of "incorporating the style of "Dead Meadow" into Japanese alternative" and "layering "Mayo Thompson"-like effects with "TBJM"-like illusions" in the past tracks has been further improved, and from there, the faint "Neurosis x Loop(UK)etc" in the previous album has been added. This work is completed as a condensed album, including the inclusion of Heavy-like experimentalism.
This LP contains 7 songs that mix and match the band's naturalness and foreignness with exquisite arrangements. Although all the songs are familiar from their live performances, each arrangement feels more fresh and pleasant.
The comfort and killer feeling of the mid-range of each of the two guitarists, the exquisite and too exquisite austerity of the musical scale, and the presence of the Ba and Dr. that colors the repetition and luster of the deep continuous beat of the drums are all intermingled with the prototype feel of Post HC.
Even the long numbers, which are driven by human power, are well balanced in this work.
From the label's perspective, the music here is very much in the vein of Unwound, Red Temple Sprits, Savage Republic, Soundgarden, Girls Against Boys, Loop (UK), Syd Barrett, Fugazi, etc. The future of the band continues to be refined and heated on the scene. The band's future development is very exciting.
Rec/Mix/Mastering for this LP was done by Kimishima of Swallow Studio, and artwork by YANKEE KONG of Kyoto. It should be noted that the band's inspiration, together with the help of its collaborators, has now been completed as a work of art.
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