Search - Versoma :: Life During Wartime Ep

With the four members of VERSOMA having done time in the underground groups LICKGOLDENSKY, ANODYNE, HOT CROSS, ORCHID and more, one would imagine this debut EP to be all blistering chaos and screaming madness. But with the passing of time and eras comes great new leaders in music's vast extremities and "Life During Wartime" is a fine exception to the problem of most 'supergroups' just repeating themselves, or others. The influence of independent and alternative music's glorious past is undeniable on this six-track, 18-minute EP, but with plenty of pent-up aggression and passion left over from years in the punk/metal/hardcore underground, VERSOMA construct a very unique and vicious brand of rock music. It's a wall of guitars mixed with desperate, wailing and haunting vocals; darkness mixed with simplistic genius, and the manic quality control of three different label owners involved. Recorded at Translator Audio in Brooklyn with band-member Mike Hill and mastered! at West West Side with Alan Douches, the first sonic offering from VERSOMA is an exciting step towards uncharted audio territories, and an excellent indication of things to come.