Movrir releases a new EP.
After two albums, Olivier Lolmède (guitar/vocals, Drawers, Plebeian Grandstand, Vermine), Alexandre Berenguer (guitar, Drawers), Théophile Antolinos (bass, Indigo Raven, Bruit ?, live for M83) and Maël Pretet (drums), the band regurgitates Insolence, with the help of Pelagic Records.
We begin with Hubris, which immediately unveils a very raw, dirty mix conducive to ambient aggression, whether driven by the heavy atmosphere borrowed from Sludge or the more brutal passages. Initially animated by an almost visceral speed, the composition slows down to crush us before a livelier finale, which finally gives way to Punitive and its almost silence, which transforms into a rather oppressive noisy cloud. A wake-up call throws us onto Nemesis, which starts up again at full speed, but quickly returns in hellish slowness and dissonance, followed by a new wave of pure, unbridled rage. The vocal parts appear from time to time like ghostly manifestations in this desert from which we only emerge to encounter Illusions and its unhealthy Drone tones that haunt us and make us lose track of time, letting only rare noises and growls escape.
Movrir is a rather singular project that uses a very dirty mix to make its compositions quite funereal. Somewhere between rage and apathy, Insolence is aimed at a niche audience, which it is sure to satisfy.
75/100