(((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))): Икар

Thursday, 22 December 2022

Икар

Band: Икар
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence / Powerviolence / Grindcore

Related artists: ?.
Country: Minsk BELARUS
Years Active: 2015-2016
For fans of: Francis Brady, Deleometer, Blind Girls, Building Of A Heart Breaker Pyramid, Tristan Tzara, Louise Cyphre, Ghost Spirit, and The Short Blooming.

Label(s): Self Released / Le Blast

I discovered Икар (I think it's pronounced Ikar) through Le Blast Tapes who continually release some of the most obscure/underground screamo/emo-violence from all over the world. After picking up the label's most recent releases I came across this Belarusian band that recorded a live set in 2015 and an EP in 2016, both short, both fucking awesome.

This band in particular played intense, cathartic, speedy, and shrieky emo-violence in the vein of Blind Girls (minus the intricate guitar melodies), Francis Brady, Piri Reis and Beau Navire. Honestly this shit should have blown up as the 2016 '\\\\\\' in particular is top-fucking-notch stuff. It contains six tracks that are usually a hair under two minutes and the production is (obviously) vastly improved from the live recordings.

Zegema Beach Records has the final copies in their store but only 15 were made and we already sold the first half!

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DISCOGRAPHY

2015 - Live/Unreleased digital EP (available on tape only)

2016 - \\\\\\ cassette EP (stream/donate/download here)

2022 - \\\\\\ + Live/Unreleased cassette (buy from Zegema Beach Records)

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(2016) Икар - "Последняя" (from '\\\\\\')

https://youtu.be/Gt6y6Tg9IRY