In heralding the arrival of Yorkshire noise-punks Seep Away, the PR forewarn that their EP is a ‘bit weird/heavy and raw in places’, and describe the release as ‘a mixed bag...of noise!’ It sounds vaguely apologetic. The band, who reference Meshuggah, Turnstile and Bongripper (who?), make no such apologies.
Produced by Dan Whiting (GLASS, AKP, Percy) at The White Rooms in York, the EP kicks off with ‘Trudge’, led by a grating, serrated riff and vocals which border on the psychotic. It’s followed by the chug-driven ‘Too Many Wrongs Don’t Make a Right’, which again is centred around the chugging guitar, but this time layered with a picked lead that adds texture and detail, at least before I all descends into a morass of downtuned overdrive and throat-wrenching howls. It’s a nasty, dingy mess of noise, while the final track, ‘Watch You Burn’ is 48 seconds of gritty, lo-fi grindcore fury.
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Yes, it’s clearly early days and the work of a band evolving and finding themselves, but Seep Away show brutality and attack in abundance here.
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