GRUNGE / ALTERNATIVE METAL
Undoubtedly, the scuzzy riffs and pounding rhythms often sound like an alternate version of early Nirvana (listening to the guitar lines on songs like ‘Blush’ can make you want to go back to Bleach and check it isn’t an outright homage,) and they make no attempt to cover their tracks or hide their obvious influences. It’s an admirable quality in itself, that a band can embrace the music they love without paying any regard to what’s zeitgiesty or cool in the hipster taste making universe. But what’s even more interesting is how Japanese Voyeurs never quite sound as if they’re actively channelling the past for the sake of it. This is grunge, sure, but I’d be reluctant to label it grunge revival. Unlike so many current acts who mine the past purely to package nostalgia, Japanese Voyeurs make music which sounds like exactly what it is: a dark, menacing and energetic explosion of the sort of music which they really love, now.
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