Apsurd: Derealizacija/Svemu e Doi Kraj 12″

Description

Apsurd’s Derealizacija/Svemu e doi kraj 12″ is the band’s first output in the form of vinyl format.

Actually, it’s a collection of two EP’s. A-side brings you six songs previously released as a tape “Derealizacija” while the B-side includes six entirely new songs recorded last year in the bands practice room on primitive 4-track machine.

If you somehow missed one of our favourite bands from the ex-YU area, we’ll mention that Apsurd are Belgrade based group of individuals, even though the band members come from Serbia and share drummer from USA. There’s no much difference in the songwriting style when it comes to newly recorded “Svemu e doi kraj” EP and we mean that in a good way. The band still plays straightforward, energetic and noisy hardcore punk heavily influenced by the punk and hardcore scene of former Yugoslavia. Throw in some vibe and influence from Crass Records and Corpus Christi catalogue and you’ll get the picture right there.

Whether we’re talking about primal and primitive hardcore of U.B.R., scratchy and noisy guitar work of Solunski Front or the hopeless female yelling and spoken word moments Toibabe were known for, this band covers it all. We like to tell people this is Yugo-punk reinvented for the new millenium so if this means anything to you don’t sleep on this pogoing punk troops!

Available in purple and orange silkscreened sleeves with two sided insert with lyrics and english translations. Limited to 500 copies.

A side recorded, mixed and mastered by Jasmin Dasovi. B side recorded and mixed by D.R. Sjordgrendsten, mastered by Jimi 3B. Vinyl master: Ivan Jaki.Artwork: Saturnov Okot.

Our take: Derealizacija/Svemu e Doi Kraj collects two recordings from Belgrades Apsurd: one from 2017 that previously came out on cassette and a new recording. If youre familiar with 80s Yugoslavian punkin particular ToibabeAbsurd should get you excited. The band records on an old 4 track and the sound and production are of a piece with the great Yugoslavian punk from the 80s, while the bands style takes influences from those bands as well, particularly how Toibabe combined fast hardcore punk with death rock and anarcho punk. Absurd isnt just for scholars of some long-ago punk scene, though; they sound fresh and vital despite their clear nods to punk history. Another good reference point is the Soga tape that Iron Lung released on 12 in 2019. Like that release, Derealizacija/Svemu e Doi Kraj is raw but infectious, capturing the energy and spirit of 80s punk without sounding like a copy or a rehash. I predict this is one of those records Ill blowing peoples minds with in 5 or 10 years I can picture myself saying, oh you dont know the Apsurd 12? and watching some young punks jaw hit the floor as they hear their new favorite band.