Krimi

 

Hehe I'm happy! my favorite Aussie label (Helta Skelta Records named after the almighty Perth band of the same name) is back with the debut demo of a brand new band made of people from my favorite punk crowd in the country: the Perth/WA punk scene!

Hell yeah it didn't take me long to recognize the voice of Ashley Ack who's been singing and screaming in the great Cold Meat (check out their 7"s and their last year LP if you haven't yet) but also in the Debbie Downers and in Plastic Bags before that. 

This time she's teamed up with ladies from bands leaning on the post-punk / new wave side like Nerve Quakes, Product and Body Type (And Helta Skelta also?), so some people have moved to the thrilling state of Western Australia recently!

Anyway ASH IS BACK!

 

 

  There're only two tracks available on their bandcamp page for now on so let's take it as an appetizer before the official release of the tape on the 15th of November.

 Described as being influenced by early punk bands like the Raincoats and classic post-punk / new-wave bands like Au Pairs and Pylon I have to admit that Krimi sounds a lot less in-your-fucking-face than Cold Meat for example but it doesn't sound like soft new wave either!

Dressed For Distress got a strong early Bristish (anarcho?) punk vibe, recalling immediately bands like Faction, Honey Bane or more recently some of Rosie Davis' songs featured on her 2020 12". I'm a lot more into anarcho punk than new wave so I guess that the bells it rings for me. A great song anyway no matter which way you look at it.

Friction adopts a more classic punk pace that takes us back closer to Ashley's previous bands (and I'm not complaining!) but with some slower parts (guitar solos/bridges?) which got that nice early Pylon-esque vibe the label was talking about...

Two great tracks as an introduction to Krimi's demo: a very promising teaser!

 

 

 

 

  You can listen to Krimi on Rien à Faire #28.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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