Tsuji Giri
Demo
(Morphic Records)

review by Ruth


Track Listing:
Carnivores
Dead Ivan Groove
Waiting For Missy
Halls Of Residence

Tsuji Giri is a Japanese phrase dating back to the time of the Samurai. It describes the act of a warrior of testing out the strength of a new blade on an innocent passerby. And so a new band emerges from the celebrated Manchester underground/alt. scene with a view to taking their own skewed perspective on reality to warping that of other people. Tsuji take the fine line between the voices in your head, obliterating white noise, riffs and paranoia. So the kamikaze schizophrenic assault of 'Halls Of Residence' sounds like you're slowly going insane as someone turns up the voltage on the jump leads attached to your skull. But it's the starting track that hits you first, with it's frozen fear and guitars that knock you to the ground before proceeding to run a lawnmower across you. If this is just a test of what they can do, the force of their potential could slice your head wide open.

4.5/5