Mai Domi by Skalp
Despite their having kept a low profile for as long as they’ve been a band, playing rare small shows, having issued just one EP (their S/T tape on Murung Records, 2017) and having no internet presence, whenever Skalp hit the stage you can immediately feel they’re no small time band. Their sound is huge, their stance unwavering, the music flows out of them like spit and sweat: a cascade of unrelenting d-beat delivered in short bursts for maximum impact.
On ‘Mai Domi’ (‘Untamed’), their second tape out on Sentiero Futuro and Sistema Mortal, Skalp stand on the shoulders of giants like Anti-Cimex and Framtid to offer five new cuts of wild, free, politically charged d-beat with monster vocals and face-melting riffs, starting with the straight up hardcore savagery of “Il Prossimo Sei Tu” (“You’re Next”) and culminating in the primitive, minimalist death trip “Solo Catene Hanno Per Te” (“Only Chains They Have For You”). In the course of five short songs, the evocative lyrics pose key questions on progress, humanity, war, and the future. The tape also includes three live cuts from one of their blistering shows at their home squat COA T28.
‘Mai Domi’ is SFA014 and it comes on a pro-dubbed green cassette tape with lyrics and xeroxed j-card in an edition of 40 copies.
Tracklist
| 1. | Il Prossimo Sei Tu | 1:46 |
| 2. | Quale Progresso, Quale Giustizia? | 1:40 |
| 3. | Nuovo Sole | 1:58 |
| 4. | La Guerra È Finita, Ecco Cosa Rimane | 1:12 |
| 5. | Solo Catene Hanno Per Te | 1:44 |
| 6. | Nato Nel Dolore (Live) | 2:13 |
| 7. | Unterwerfung (Live) | 1:33 |
| 8. | Senza Titolo (Live) | 2:26 |
Credits
Skalp are:
Edo - Vocals
Ele - Bass
Facca - Drums
Luca - Guitar
Tracks 1-5 recorded by Rec Fast Die Young at COA T28. Mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studio.
Tracks 6-8 recorded live by Rec Fast Die Young at COA T28. Mixed and mastered by Thomas Anderson.
