nanbanjin: "Bugred"

By Jonti Davies

nanbanjin: "bugred" (download mp3 here)

nanbanjin have been here before. These uni art rockers starred on last year's Gaijin Sounds compilation, and in 2009 they've done the business again, bringing three-and-a-half minutes of unforgettable frenzy in the shape of "Bugred", apparently a commentary on parasites (in the human form, that is; you know the type). Near the start of the track there's a brief passage of stop-start guitar and drum bursts that sounds a bit too similar to the intro of Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out", but it's well worth listening through that for the subsequent three minutes of original high-tempo work, which is 100% nanbanjin and all the better for it. Frontman David Evans (aka Dai) positively screams his damning lines, and he's backed by half-spoken shadowing vocals from, er, himself. It could be a recipe for anarchy, but not with nanbanjin at the controls. Somehow held together by a tight rhythm section from Japanese drummer Manabu Mohri, nanbanjin sound like they're constantly in danger of being torn apart by their own velocity/ferocity: hearing the gravitational pull that just about keeps them together on "Bugred" is what makes this such an exhilarating bit of work. They've already toured Uzbekistan, so who knows how far these talented guys can go?  

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