Norwegian noise-rock outfit Takomaha storm back with their latest single, Tropical Slitwrist, while teasing a full album on the horizon. The track is a blistering assault, all dense, intense, and uncompromising, exactly the kind of sonic barrage one has come to expect based on the band's previous offerings, but delivered with renewed weightiness.
From its opening seconds, the song swallows creates a distinct haze of dissonance, a whirlpool of jagged feedback and pulverizing rhythms. Drawing inspiration from the raw energy of nineties Amphetamine Reptile acts, Takomaha fuse that unruly effect with a contemporary edge. The outcome turns out to be a nod to the past and a step forward, sparking instant nostalgia while hinting at even more notable things to come on the forthcoming record.
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