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You have to give it to Nephu Huzzband they are a
band who formed in 2008 and have come out of nowhere
to create one of the best sounding punk albums that
I have heard in a long time and the best thing about
these guys are that they are influenced by so many
different bands but you could not pin down one artist
on them and say they sound fully like them as Nephu
Huzzband are in a way pretty unique with the mixed
sound they have developed.
‘Elementary’ is the band’s
debut album, it is due for release on the 5th
October through Deep Recording Co and I have to
say that it is so much better than what I expected
it to be, its raw, it’s exciting, its full
of killer instrumental parts and really in your
face punk as fuck vocals whilst at the same time
it has been produced well but steps away from
the squeaky clean production that many bands go
over the top with these days.
The album starts with ‘The Finger That
Points’, which opens with a short instrumental
introduction where each instrument takes its time
to come in bit by bit starting off with on and
off guitar riffs with the drums coming in just
after a minute and 40 seconds later you start
to feel the song brewing over and then suddenly
Tom Bentley’s fierce yet loveable vocals
come in and take the song off into a direction
of aggression.
The opening repetitive vocals of ‘Its Only
Ordinary’ are legendary as Tom Bentley has
a great way with words, his vocal style helps
get things across in a way that most bands struggle
to do, instrumentally the song is great with some
cracking guitar riffs and powerful drumming which
leaves you feeling that Rob Challinor gets through
a fair few drum kits with his hectic drumming
style.
‘Nurse! Nurse!’ is a fantastic track,
it only runs for 1minute and 30seconds but so
much is packed into the song in such a short time,
it opens up with constant machine gun style drumming
and seconds later Bentley’s ferocious vocals
of “Nurse, nurse, come quick, nurse, nurse,
come quick” come in whilst the machine gun
style drumming and tight guitar riffs play side
by side, the song features a lot of groove and
is quite bouncy throughout and is just screaming
out for you to listen to it.
The whole of the album features the same formula
where it is instrumentally strong and technical
sounding as well as being vocally in your face,
every song is really listenable and the album
in general is raw, fun, different and going to
help take Nephu Huzzband to bigger places.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Tom Bentley (Vocals, Guitar)
Adam Popple (Guitar)
Jamie Barrow (Bass)
Rob Challinor (Drums) |
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1. The Finger That Points
2. It's Only Ordinary
3. Black & White
4. Almost Over
5. Nurse! Nurse!
6. Neptune & Triton
7. I Are Renaissance
8. ...And We Become Picasso Pieces
9. Papers
10. We Speak In Whispers
11. No, Not Ever
12. If You Thought That Broke Your Spirit Then You're
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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