Volk Soup - "Reptilian Brain"
Photo by Tom White
Hailing from Leeds, Volk Soup have released a frantic new single. "Reptilian Brain" would mostly be considered a post-punk song, but there's an interesting looseness to the song that almost feels like free jazz. It's definitely danceable, but in a bizarre, jerky way. The song is kind of simple with a ton going on all at once. Amongst the post-punk trappings of "Reptilian Brain" there are also bursts of horns that don't quite go along with the rest of the song, giving even more energy to the entire ordeal, and an unexpected free jazz feel. Volk Soup are a high energy band making music not exactly like everyone else, and we kind of love that around here.
Vocalist/guitarist Harry Jones says of the band's latest single:
"We brought this song to fruition in a lovely practice space in a mostly abandoned warehouse in Manchester a couple of hours before playing a show. The bass line and lyric was hand delivered and the rest fell into place. I don’t know what it is about this song that brings out the Liam Gallagher drawl in me. Perhaps my mind was too firmly in Manchester at the time of its birth. Definitely the newest song on the record.
"I wrote the lyrics almost immediately after watching Alain Resnais’ Mon oncle d’Amérique which makes some reference to the basal ganglia. I don’t remember much of the details of the inspiration but I was probably quite horny at the time."
You can listen to "Reptilian Brain" below. 10p Jazz is due out October 3 on Dipterid Records, and is available to pre-order through Bandcamp. For more on Volk Soup, check out the band on Instagram and Facebook.
