mercredi 29 juillet 2020

Nape Neck




Nape Neck is a new band from Leeds, UK, featuring ex-members of Beards and Guttersnipe.
If you are familiar with the Slits-influenced modern post-punk of Beards you won't be totally surprised by Nape Neck, which is its logic sequel.


Nape Neck self-released tape (kind of produced by Gringo Records if I understood well) brings us 8 songs of great modern female-fronted post-punk. Some will say No Wave or talk about The Scissor Girls and Erase Errata but (even if the last one is not irrelevant at all) I will stay with more "classic" comparisons... The Slits of course but also Delta 5 (from Leeds as well!) and more recently Mr.Wrong or some early Shopping...
Yes we are definitely on the super groovy side of post-punk, a land with jumpy bass lines, tight and rolling but rhythmically deranged drumming and melodic but edgy vocals...
These guys know their classics and control perfectly the whole lot of their musical production.
They even manage to beautifully conclude their first full length with The Gate, a great mix between the funky ping pong game of the two ladies and the discreet but lovely out-of-hand touch of Guttersnipe...


In the end the only thing I can say is that the British trio has released a great album, full of funky post-punk energy that has been on repeat since I purchased it...

Treat yourself and listen to Nape Neck!


You can listen to Nape Neck on Rien à Faire #12.





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