HAEMERS - Mansaf from "Sunny Side Up" digital album (at the moment)
Well I wondered where they were but finally HAEMERS (https://www.facebook.com/haemersband) returned with new material after 4 years. I think with these new songs they show their audacity again to compose some complexity in the riffs and pace shifts, the way it was already showcased in their 2021 release "Onderwereld". The songs here sound more "lo-fi" compared to the previous record and this makes it sound even more aggressive as the rough kicks you right in the gut.
The vocals sound just as if it was done with a microphone straight into a cheap tape recorder. Brilliant! (I must say he does sound like a singer in one of my early 80's bands, being recorded using a tape recorder at rehearsals).
After a first listen I decided to pick the second track Mansaf, that kicks in after a fantastic opener (Snap), which I leave for you to listen to yourself. Mansaf kicks in with with a fast pace and turns into a slower part allowing a bit of headroom for the bass to noodle around, before they return into the tempo and to end with a slop on the wrist.
Then it even gets faster with "Dog Squeezer" that clocks in just under a minute. "Fuck this soup" might not be about disliking the soup of the day down the local bistro, 'In the Soup' is a dutch saying meaning being in trouble, maybe they played around with that? Who knows.
"Geo Enginear Death Experience/Centipedes" changes pace all the time getting your braincells microwaves into all directions, "Slide" gives you a deserved break to regain your senses, but not long before the title track kicks in. Oh noooo what a killer track!
This is Mansaf...
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