Labels: Longrail Records/Non Ti Seguo Records/Tifone Crew/Lostdog Records/Equal Rights/Strigide Records/TimTam/Yoyodyne Records/Callous Records/Missed Out Records/Les disques Rabat-joie/Mevzu Records/No Funeral Records
Formats: Vinyl/Tape/Digital
Release Date: 15 Oct 2019
Tracklist:-
1. Chivala - Caduta
2. Chivala - 27 Marzo
3. Suirami - G. Burrasca
4. Suirami - Amaro
5. Suirami - Occhi Chiusi
6. Suirami - Nuovo Inizio
Chivala was the only non-US band on the four-way split I reviewed earlier in the week. Late last year, they joined forces with fellow Italian post-hardcore band Suirami for a split, which was released on 10" vinyl by a whole host of the labels (listed above) and also on tape by No Funeral Records. Chivala has two songs on here while Suirami has four.
I’ve found that over the years, Italian screamo/post-hardcore definitely has it’s own identity when held up against similar music from the US. Aside from the obvious fact that Chivala sings in their native-tongue, there’s something very old-school about their opener ‘Caduta’. There’s less of the emoviolence approach taken by their former split-mates in Lytic, Amitie and Pique. Hardcore riffs shape their music while still providing melody. The percussion is still technical in places and the vocals are still harsh, but it’s all delivered in a simpler fashion (at least to these ears anyway). ’27 Marzo’ is immediately more ambient, building slowly and steadily. The mood is darker and the tempo is more mid-paced this time. This song may give you a better idea of what I was trying to say above. Chivala’s sound is more controlled and thus easier to follow, if you’re not an emoviolence/mathcore nut for example.
This is my first time hearing Suirami and they come from a cleaner punk/emo direction, with vocals that are more audible. Again, lyrics are in Italian. On their opener ‘G. Burrasca’ they remind me of Dutch punks Antillectual. They’re off-kilter at times but also have that pogo-punk rhythm thing going on and a slight atmosphere akin to Deftones too. Suirami’s songs are on the shorter side, coming in at under three-minutes. Despite that obvious urgency, ‘Amaro’ is very up-tempo and enjoyable. They manage to weave a lot of music layers from a relatively simple approach and remain very catchy. It’s exactly the same for ‘Occhi Chiusi’, where their more cinematic/post-hardcore side comes forward, thanks to lengthier instrumental passages and more minimal use of vocals, which seem to be slightly lower in the mix this time. It fades out leaving a sizeable pause before final song ‘Nuovo Inizio’, which is an acoustic instrumental song that’s very calming.
Having both the slight abrasiveness of Chivala and the cleaner punk of Suirami on this split makes it work really well. It showcases two of Italy’s newer bands, while showing the variation that exists even in this small scene. Great job!
You can stream the full split release below:-
Chivala - https://www.facebook.com/chivalaband/
Suirami - https://www.facebook.com/suirami/
You can buy physical and digital copies from bands above and the labels below:-
Longrail Records - https://longrailrecords.bandcamp.com/merch / https://www.facebook.com/longrailrecords/
Non Ti Seguo Records - https://www.facebook.com/nontiseguo/
Tifone Crew - https://www.facebook.com/tifonecrew/
Lostdog Records - https://lostdogrec.bandcamp.com/merch / https://www.facebook.com/LostdogRec/
Equal Rights - https://www.discogs.com/label/Equal-Rights
Strigide Records - https://www.facebook.com/strigiderec/
Yoyodyne Records - https://www.discogs.com/label/yoyodyne-records
Callous Records - https://callousrecords.bandcamp.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/callousrecordsuk/
Missed Out Records - http://www.missedoutrecords.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/missedoutrecords/
Les disques Rabat-joie - https://lesdisquesrabat-joie.bandcamp.com/merch / https://www.facebook.com/lesdisquesrabatjoie/
Mevzu Records - https://www.facebook.com/mevzurecords/
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