Hiroshima's "XIDENTITY" and OVERTHROW's first new 2nd EP in 5 years since "1st 7" released by OVERTHROW will be released independently on INSANE WORLD, a label run by member Komatsu since PERSEVERE!! The members are also a two-member CDEP with 3 songs that goes into post-punk/synth-punk!!
100% Pure Synth Punk Anthem! Beats, synths, and shouts! A three-song CD packed with XIDENTITY's evolutionary punk rock that has embarked on its own pioneering route!
Just like BLITZ in the UK once became post-punk.
And just like the British VIOLATORS became goth, and then turned into ICE THE FALLING RAIN and became synth-pop.
Just like Finland's LAMA and NOLLA NOLLA NOLLA evolved into MUSTA PARAATI.
Hiroshima-based XIDENTITY has also evolved into a one-of-a-kind post-punk unit that excludes guitar sounds and includes part changes, but also resonates with synthesizer melodies based on percussion rhythm and bass, and shouts soul cries with male and female twin vocals!
In the three-song CD "SECOND WAVE", which will be released by XIDENTITY in late July 2024, the second official sound source, Rie, who used to be bass + vocals, will be synth + vocals, and Yuuki (ESPERANZA / ex: PERSEVERE), who was guitar + vocals, will be bass+ Transitioning to synth drums, the band underwent a major change in sound and transformation.
As a result, the new wave punk ~ modern synth wave feel of the synth melody sounding in the beat and the anarchic punk spirit and passionate twin vocals of men and women that XIDENTITY has embodied since its formation. In addition, the two vocalists throw hot Japanese lyrics with a straight ball. All three songs are 100% pure synth-punk anthems that say, "There is no one who can't ignite their heart with such an agitation!?"
They shout their words in the most honed style they envision. XIDENTITY continued to have punk and hardcore passion and impulses at its core, and began to take its own pioneering path while developing in terms of sound. Don't be misled by adjectives to describe the song or sound, listen to this work, and experience that its spirit and music are purely < ever-evolving punk rock >!
Speak up! Until the voice dies out!
text by Naohiro Yamada (nAo12xu / †13TH MOON†)
