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The New Eves
Album: The New Eve Is Rising
Label: Transgressive
Tracks: 9
Website: https://theneweves.bandcamp.com/

Is there really any new music out there, or are we just hearing variations of the same genres with fluctuating quality? Band after band are only too willing to wear their influences proudly on their sleeves, both metaphorical and literal. It's also long since been music review 101 to compare artists as a shortcut, to give the reader a flavour of what to expect, in a more manual and obscure version of the Spotify algorithm.

Every so often though, there's a band that refuse to be placed inside one of these neat and safe little boxes. Once in a while you give the record a spin and when it finishes, you're not quite sure what you've listened to. Welcome to The New Eve Is Rising by The New Eves.

Eschewing the wide musical desire paths trodden and paved by others that went before, this quartet go crashing through the brambles instead. The New Eve Is Rising doesn't settle at all throughout, constantly keeping you off-balance as a listener. I don't think I've ever listened to the start of an album where each of the first three tracks are so unlike what has gone before. There's poetic spoken word, dissonant soundscapes, and even something inspired by kulning, which is an ancient Swedish tradition of calling cattle with one's voice.

These are songs that almost defy explanation, which doesn't make writing a review any easier. It's punky, it's folksy, it's fiercely alternative and experimental. The album also has a rawness to it that borders on chaos, with all the energy of a live (and possibly improvised) performance. That energy feels genuinely exciting, putting you almost on the edge of your seat as you wait to hear what they do next.

Of course, if one were to try hard enough, there are certain comparisons that can be made, but that would really be missing the point. There aren't many bands like The New Eves out there, and there certainly aren't many albums like The New Eve Is Rising. It feels wholly unique and should really be listened to with little in the way of prior knowledge and expectation. Whether you love it, hate it, or fall somewhere in between, you won't ever be bored, and you certainly won't be expecting what comes next.

Adam Jenkins

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