Heavy sheez from the Russian Federation, IWKC (or I
Will Kill Chita) writes their descriptive copy in the Cyrillic alphabet, so I
can’t read a thing! Nothing. I know that the band has a four-person core with a
cast of many others helping out on “extreme vocals,” “German vocals,” “Gyuke
voices,” “vocals,” and, uh, “Full Power.” Stoner/sludge/prog as interpreted by
our eastern friends, then, becomes a melting pot for experimental flourishes.
There’s a great, big, shining promise in the middle of our minds, and if we
expand them, maybe we can set it free. But only if we play/listen to incredible
psych music.
Which is what we get from IWKC. Heaving guitars
chunk their way across a distorted spectrum, while synth trills trace melodies
like chemtrails. Tabla and other percussive elements add flavor, while voices
chant and intone incomprehensible dialects. It’s almost weird when the
English-language “Youth” busts in around 2/3 of the way through, sounding like
Yes in the midst of a King Gizzard-meets-Sleep-athon. It’s all good in the end.
I really feel bad for Chita, though – why kill anyone?
A word on the label: “Addicted label without name
and logo support all types of psychedelic music, formed in Moscow in 2011.”
There you have it.
--Ryan
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