Collapse - Endogenic Rebirthday (2019) EN

Collapse are a Japanese shoegaze band from Tokyo. But in their music there's so much more as they showed already on two albums while still being relatively unknown in Europe. You can discover their music on their newest, very short but also super intensive EP called Endogenic Rebirthday.

The EP comprises tree short tracks but there's everything there: the airiness of shoegaze, the aggression of post-metal, uncanny noise and this brutal flow with Crystal Castles vibes. You listen to this music with a strange mixture of melancholy and higher pulse, in many places this reminds me of A Sunny Day in Glasgow but perhaps the Japanese experiment less and focus on melodies more.

This is what the first track, Ritual, surprises with: crushing with the first sounds, getting peaceful with time only to get back to the noisy self. The second track still emanates with aggressive, ear-mutilating sounds of guitars and drums but they are being soothed down by the tearful vocal by Shoko. This one sounds even better in the ballad-esque yet still noisy Oblivion. A beautiful EP.

Endogenic Rebirthday costs 7 USD.

Check: Ritual

Country: Japan

Genre: shoegaze metal

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