ERMES – Ermes – Review

The proposal of Ermes is pretty peculiar, and in their biography they define the band as punk, post-punk, hardcore, post-hardcore, rock. So, to which musical genre they belong to? We can say it’s all about the undefined and general “punk”. Over and above the musical genre, Ermes are “friendship, passion, food and spinach”.
These guys from Vezzolacca were born in 2015, and each one boasts past musical experiences I’m not acquainted with, like Topsy The Great, Stake-Off The Witch, Hijackers On The Hip, Architecture Of The Universe, Quiet Pig e Idlegod.
The latest demo (available on ermes.bandcamp.com) came out some months later, and it’s a pretty good beginning for the band: gross noise blends with a Yankee (Unwound and Zegota) post-hardcore influence which makes their style rather personal and polished.
Pity that the cover, representing a hand with black nails, is quite ugly.
The tracks sound good, even though they’re condensed in thirteen minutes, just like the first energetic song “Stevie Ray” or “Mons Venus”, at times disconnected and sometimes heavy, or the longest one “Decoding Berto’s Grill”.
Even if they’re green, the songs demonstrate a certain potential, that makes us expect/hope for good stuff in the future, considering the peculiarity of this work in comparison with the current Italian scene.

TRACKLIST RATINGS:
1. Stevie Ray 6.5
2. Nascar de la Croix 6
3. Mons Venus 6.5
4. Blank 6
5. Everything’s Dead 6.5
6. Decoding Berto’s Grill 6.5

ALBUM RATING: 6.5

Reviewed by A.E.
Translated by S.C. and J.L.