Crepa!
Self-Released, 2020
8/10
This first record from the Italian duo of Luca Brunello and Fabio Silvestri, aka Raíse, has the pair delivering fury and restraint with incredible precision and a lot of unpredictable twists and turns that often point towards the best moments of the ‘90s.
The album starts with the thundering post-hardcore of “Driepapegaaien”, where an ambient quality enters the intensity that’s also carefully calculated, and “Se(a)rch)o(" continues with a thicker approach as metallic like moments align with an ethereal approach that’s both hard hitting yet soothing.
The back half offers the angular and jagged title track, where acrobatic drumming is met with a soaring landscape, while “Commuovelalegge” spends 10 minutes covering hard rock, experimental bouts, and even prog-rock moments. “Colmare” exits the listen with an initially calmer formula before building into a mysterious, nearly hypnotic mashing of multifaceted rock.
An outfit who refer to themselves as ‘ethno, tribal, noise punk’, there’s certainly all those qualities in their propulsive concoction that results in an excellent debut.
Travels well with: Princess Thailand- And We Shine; Cosse- Nothing Belongs To Anything