It Turns Pale
NMAS, 2023
10/10
The French post-rock and noise punkers Cosse return with 10 tunes of their raw, feedback fueled post-punk ways, and it brings to mind all the legends from the ‘90s that we could never tire of, i.e. Slint, Sonic Youth, etc.
“Crazy Horse” starts the listen with a chilling ambience, where soft, hypnotic guitar builds into a tense and emotive version of alt-rock, and “Tangerine” follows with a thick and thumping display of very animated, harmonic post-punk.
Further along, “Braindow” leads with an intimacy that’s quite expressive and finds dreamy places to reside amid the dense rhythm section and calm versus busy textures, while “Mind Facilities” brings a charming and exciting angular appeal that’s very much rooted in post-rock and showcases playful bass acrobatics.
Near to the end, the mesmerizing “Sinner God” is both firm and buzzing with its grungy moments, and “Slow Divers” exits with a hazy, sludgy delivery of focused, ominous song craft that further illustrates their diversity.
The band consists of Nils Bö (guitar, vocals), Lola Frichet (bass, vocals), Felipe Sierra (guitar) and Tim Garson (drums, vocals, saxophone), and together they create some of the best noisy, punky, feedback drenched, post-everything that you’ll hear anywhere.
Travels well with: Baby Fire- Grace; You Said Strange- Thousand Shadows Vol. 1