IMPULSO – s/t

Description

You know what to expect if ETT brings you a hardcore punk record! If not, have a listen to our newest edition to the ETT hardcore punk rooster.
From the ashes of SANG this in Trento based hardcore clusterbomb delivers 4 feedback drenched hardcore songs in the best way you could have in 2017! After outstanding releases by bands like BLOTTER, GAG, SIN MOTIVO, MIRROR, BIB, or DAUDYFLIN this italian maniacs continue with the weird style of hardcore we like the most at the ETT HQ.
This EP is absolutely SAVAGE. It’s a crushing assault on the ears and mind. The recording is a perfect mixture of clarity and rawness. The growling distorted bass drives the sound on top of relentless drumming and fuzzed out and feedback drenched guitar work that’s part classic Italian hardcore and part ‘weird 2017’ era HARDCORE. IMPULSO are noisy, chaotic and explosive and each track rages with anger and intensity. Guitar layers of repetition create a bed of noise when the delay infected vocals lay painfully.
The recording here is just perfect, with rich, full bass and a big, expansive sound that’s still a bit raw. Listening to this over and over I’ve really come to appreciate how great IMPULSO are at playing at different tempos.
Each side of this EP has a faster song and one with a more mid-paced track. All are of equal quality and interest, which makes me realize that’s not the case with a lot of bands. If punk bands vary their tempo at all, it’s often that they implicitly privilege either slow or fast tempos, the lesser one providing little more than a necessary counterpoint to the band’s dominant mode. Such is not the case with IMPULSO.
Though they’re loud, fast, and 100% hardcore punk, the songs and particularly the playing feels fleshed out and lived in in a way that most hardcore bands can only aspire to. A standout debut EP by a outstandingh band. Get weird!