High arpeggios, sliding octaves, singing like the guy from Knapsack… you get it. It’s emo, it’s upbeat, it’s stuff to win over crowds in college towns.
Ever since Can, where his bass was sparse and jaunty and his sound collages pissed off almost everyone, Czukay has injected what he does with a childlike mirth.
Himsa plays meticulous, self-described “-core” music that takes advantage of the spaces lightness sometimes offers. Not that Himsa plays light at any time.