About every couple of weeks/month/now and then this record comes up behind me and smacks me over the head with its sheer abrasive/heartfelt brilliance.
Irma Vep is the solo incarnation of Klaus Kinski drummer, Sex Hands guitarist, etc. Edwin Stevens and HAHA is the tenth full length album he's released under this moniker.
There is little more to say other than it is an unpolished gem of a record. Startlingly human, it's a mix of aggression, heartbreaking balladry, introversion and beauty. Life, sex, humour, sadness, pretty much everything you want a record to be. A visceral collection of songs, distant cousins of the ones on The Velvet Underground's third album.
It is a rough diamond, but beneath the abrasive texture are sentiments both simple and beautiful. There is a vulnerability and authenticity that just doesn’t exist in the saccharine and shallow money-fed behemoth of the pop chart.
It was released around March time on Turquoise Coal records. You really should purchase it here: www.turquoisecoal.com now.
Listen to more here: soundcloud.com/turquoise-coal
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| Irma Vep at the closing of Cob Records, Bangor |
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