RZWD - Gaps [Gusstaff Records]

Put out on the circuit via the ever buzzing Polish label Gusstaff Records on November 15th, 2k24 is "Gaps", the third full length album recording cooked up by the Wroclaw-Torun based NoiseRock outfit RZWD revolving around the bands core duo comprised of Szymon Szwarc and Damian Kowalski alongside a respective, and obviously changing, set of collaborating musicians. Their latest longplay release, a set of eight tracks rolled out over the course of roughly 44 minutes, leads RZWD into a conceptual approach of further evolving musical ideas which sprung to life throughout a countless set of shows played in Lithuania, Germany, Esgtonia and the Czech Republic, transforming and morphing these rough sequences into a shape both suitable for a band as well as a dance music leaning context, the latter especially when it comes to creating remixes or new versions of pre-existing material. The result of this sonic venture immediately leads RZWD into screaming, Techno-infused Industrial territories with "Diesel V3 feat. Danielus Pancerovas", a tune in which the 4/4-based drums are slowly, yet steadily drowned out by irl drum excesses and heavy guitar feedbacks, the captivating rhythms and seductive grooves of "Euro Track V2 feat. K. Freeze O." which seems both suitable for unpolished experimental PostPunk / (No)Wave dancefloors as well as for ritualistic Future Tribal dances taking place in a world shaped by post-nuclear desolation and despair whereas the so-called "Outskirt Dub" indeed touches on Dub techniques within the realm of NoiseRock, albeit in a slightly Sherwoodian manner whilst "Trigger Fitt V2" even incorporates elements of FreeJazz x Noise Jazz x Free Improv and "Mutter Coke" caters a whirling maelstrom of an intro both reminiscent of Drum'n'Bass-infused subs as well as dystopian warfare and washed out, overwhelmingly intense Sludge Metal x Doom Noise just to name a few. An album recommended for the headstrong and mentally stable.

Album artwork on Instagram!