Indie rock in that traditional, limber/humble/catchy way ala Versus and Frente!. No embellishments, just guitar/bass/drums (with some occasional violins).
Plebs hail from Norway and recorded their debut EP with Bjarte Ludvigsen (Poor Rich Ones), meaning crisp, wintery tones and haunting/serene melodies aplenty.
I definitely agree with the Faraquet comparions these guys have been getting, but This Bright Apocalypse could use some of their heroes’ vocal conviction.
Guitars soar the sky like Top Gun fighter jets, choirs “Oh” majestically, and the beats pound away like ’80s rock, rain splashing off the snare drum’n’shit.
The first two albums (reissued here on one disc) still sound as goose bump-inducing and eeriely haunting as the day they first massacred death metal fans.
It’s a relief to hear a band that’s obviously true to their roots of ’80s-style hardcore try to interject their own twist to that style, but it just doesn’t quite work for me.