Over the last few months – or however long we’ve been doing this feature – we’re sure you’ll all agree that we’ve opened up your lugholes to some fantastic sounds that you never thought existed.
While you're all busy watching shite karaoke programmes like X Factor where you idolise over someone for a few months before discarding him like last night's takeaway, we literally produce litres of blood, sweat and tears to bring you stuff that will blow your little mind away. Literally. This week we think we’ve found the most extreme and out-there sound around. Before we tell you the name of the act for this week's trawl, we have to revisit two previous artists featured so you can begin to imagine what your about to be listening to. In the very beginning, we introduced you to Glasgow two-piece Gay Against You. They took the style of breakcore, powerpop and stuff that sounded like they belonged on Gameboys. Basically it was crazy and unique. Another act we looked at was the mentalist sound of Cutting Pink With Knives. This blew open the genre doors for most of you as we entered the world of grindcore. Fast furious guitars with equally fast vocals. This week’s band combines both features of the two bands we just mentioned. Say hello to Drumcorps.
Hello! We don’t normally give a disclaimer about the stuff we write about here, but if you're not into out-there sounding music you’d better go back to Westlife or something equally as bland. This music – the work of producer Aaron Spectre – is music your grandmother would certainly disagree with. In fact, a lot of people will automatically call you a nutter or some other word if you play this to them.
Once again, it’s all simply down to the fact that because the sound of Drumcorps is not a populist one, it’ll be disregarded by the people at MTV and radio stations across the land. We’ve got the balls to recommend it to people so why doesn't anyone else? People use the simple argument of Drumcorps just being noise. Well it might be, but everything is noise. For example we’d rather listen to rusty nails done a chalkboard than listen to Jamelia destroy an awesome Depeche Mode track.
So if Drumcorps is just noise, why the hell is there a video on his MySpace page showing absolutely tons of Japanese kids going bonkers for his stuff? It's madness! The poor bloke is nearly taken over by a sea of Japanese fans that obviously seem to be enjoying themselves a lot. They seem a lot more enthusiastic than most indie kids at gigs, who tend to show their appreciation by aimlessly nodding or throwing pints of piss around, which always goes down a treat when you feel that warm liquid run down the back of your neck. Whilst Drumcorps is not the most accessible sound to get into, it’s guaranteed to blow your tiny fragile mind as a wall of frenzied drum beats collide over stomping guitar riffs.
Usually we’d give a mini review of some of the tracks, but hopefully we’ve let you intrigued enough to wonder what the hell we're trying to shove down your throats. Give it a go. You might like it so much that you’ll go and buy several copies of his CD for yourself, a friend, a stranger on the bus or maybe your gran. Wait… it might not be the sort of thing your gran would want on her CD player, but you never know – she could be a secret rocker/raver. Buying the record would also be a good thing for the record label its on, too. The brilliantly named Cockrock Disco label is host to all sorts of electronic and out-there sounds. Some other artists you should really invest in include the genius-named Duran Duran Duran and Doormouse. All equally different in their own way. Like it or loath it, we believe Drumcorps is something you’ve never heard before.