SARKH - Kaskade

Ok, this is rather a quick shout-out than a proper in-depth review.

A while ago Komet Lulu (Electric Moon) appearantly felt so insulted by someone calling her Germany's worst bassist, that she started her own label Worst Bassist Records. Among the first handful of releases is this one, of which she handed out some digital freebies.

And it's a good one.

SARKH - Kaskade (download) (2020)

If you are into instrumental post rock/metal with german song titles and need someone to scratch that itch after the demise of Moewn, this band will definitely be the right choice for you.

Sarkh take the epic elements of groups like Mono or Explosions In the Sky, but seldom show the patience for those typical post rock slow burning builds, which is not a bad, but a distinctive element of their sound, given that instead they power through their songs with the urgency of faster Russian Circles tracks or like in "Derbholz" even show some steamrolling motorpsychic tendencies.

Great stuff with a lot of exciting shit happening, especially given the often repetitious nature of the genre.

"Kaskade" is available digitally, on CD and clear vinyl from - I already said it - Worst Bassist Records.

If someone had played guess the label with me, I would probably have thought this would be either a Pelagic or Pink Tank Records release. The bass playing by the way is absolutely fine.