VESCH share album “Kitchen-Factory No.2”
Ivanovo-based outfit VESCH continues its intense self-exploration via psychogeographical perambulations around their hometown. 'Factory-Kitchen No.2' delves into the haunted history of Ivanovo: a city characterised by early 20th-century constructivist architecture embraced by the decaying beauty of ageing attrition. On the opening track, ‘400 Apartments’, woozy synth wreckages ramble over the bones of a nihilistic bass pulsation, creating a perfect vantage point that invites listeners into the idiosyncratic world of VESCH. A junk-funk skronk beneath out-of-focus no wave miasma and skewed glossolalia on ‘Cranking Thread in a Shuttle’ and ‘Red Brick’ marks a welcome broadening to new extremes in the outfit's sonic terrain.
A unique mélange of theatrical art-punk, retro-futuristic absurdism, the decadence of Soviet new wave, and elegant avant-pop heaviness characterizes the previous records of VESCH. In 'Factory-Kitchen No.2', they transcend their genesis into an improvised nexus of free rock psychedelia and deeply primitive no/new wave anarchism. Spontaneous and genuine, the music is free to explore any direction it chooses, effortlessly unveiling intriguing and captivating curiosities.
The track titles convey the music's essence in connection with the myths, history, and actual places of Ivanovo. The Soviet communal experiments in social life, architectural bizarreness, the textile industry's insights, and the haunting memorabilia of places and events come together to create a supremely imaginative translation of Ivanovo's parallel history into the maverick sonic language of VESCH.
