Band: WAKHAN CORRIDOR
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Screamo / Skramz
Related artists: Hedge Fund Trader.
Country: Hamilton NEW ZEALAND
Years Active: 2019-present
For fans of: Orchid, Foxmoulder, Forensics, Long Distance Runner, Furnace, Crowning and We Watch Clouds.
Label(s): Self Released
WAKHAN CORRIDOR came to my attention after members of Hedge Fund Trader started a new band. I had gone on a two-show stint with them during my short tenure in Swallows Nest and was a very big fan of the band and people, so when the offshoot band was announced I was stoked.
The debut, self-titled 'Wakhan Corridor' (2019) EP is pretty solid, bass-heavy, screamy hardcore. It's a decent start, but mostly I kept revisiting "For Long and In Loneliness" because fuck that thing gives me mad Foxmoulder vibes with that rumbling bass and snarled vocals. This initial release was taken off of bandcamp but I've linked it in the discography below if you'd like an mp3 download.
The following year (2020) WAKHAN CORRIDOR released a two-song EP 'II' that opens with "Diomedea", an absolute banger of a track that hits a fuzzy, dark, screamy outro at the one-minute mark. I enjoyed these two songs even more than the self-titled, as the general cohesion and screaming were really stepped up.
Just a few weeks back the re-released their debut self-titled EP 'Wakhan Corridor' (2021) with what sounds like entirely new mixing and mastering, and this is one of the best things I've heard all year. Opener "Face Turn" is vastly improved right from the get-go, and is vaguely reminiscent of the newest Crowning album (which means it's dark, multi-voxed, and awesome). "Carry", "Night of Cups", "Great Expectations" are really beefed up, with "Palimpsest" shining through with more dual vocals along with the epic closer and my favourite WAKHAN CORRIDOR jam "For Long and In Loneliness".
Despite the 2021 and 2018 releases being "the same songs", the EPs are quite different in terms of lasting value, as I've revisited this entire 2021 EP numerous times but only jammed the 2018 one twice.
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DISCOGRAPHY
2018 - Wakhan Corridor cassetteEP (download here)
2020 - ii EP (stream/download/buy here)
2021 - Wakhan Corridor 7"EP (re-recorded) (stream/buy here)
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(2021) WAKHAN CORRIDOR - "Palimpsest" (from 'Wakhan Corridor')
(2021) WAKHAN CORRIDOR - "Face Turn" (from 'Wakhan Corridor')
(2021) WAKHAN CORRIDOR - "Carry On" (from 'Wakhan Corridor')
(2020) WAKHAN CORRIDOR - "Diomedea" (from 'II')
(2018) WAKHAN CORRIDOR - "For Long and In Loneliness" (from 'Wakhan Corridor' unmixed/unmastered)
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WAKHAN CORRIDOR additional links
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