After numerous changes, the final line up of VIBRACOBRA, an instrumental post-rock band from Saint-Petersburg, Russia, was finally established in the end of 2016. Since then, the three-piece have played several shows in their home town and released the first single. In 2020 the band has announced the release of the debut album which is entitled โThe Boxโ, which explores various musical landscapes in a wordless way. The release is composed of 6 tracks that are hard to describe by adding just one default tag, which we tried to unlock by asking the band about more details behind this dynamic release. Coming as an explosive and multi-faceted offering, the record showcases exactly what we love about the post-rock genre and unveils a great new band that will hopefully go on to expand, diversify, and break new ground.
Most likely, this solid piece of work falls under the post-rock genre, however, heavy yet catchy melodic parts, as well as elements of metal/prog/math rock music, will change your perception during the listening of this ~ 35 min. record. Each track is full of relatively calm melodies that unavoidably evolve into bursts of aggressive lines that reach its apogee towards the end.
The band experiments with different musical measures, exploits elements of different genres while still preserving their own style. The results of the work were carefully picked out, sorted and packed in one little โBoxโ that is aimed to pull you out of the reality and immerse into the inner world. So, if you have suddenly found yourself feeling tired of words, choruses, verses, thoughts of other people, then you might want to open this โBoxโ and check whatโs in there personally for you.
Asked about more background on their story, the band offered: “We have formed in 2016 during the New Year party at our common friends house. Iโve met our bass player and we talked about the music for a while. At that point his previous band where he played pop-rock has faced difficulties and eventually split.
I didnโt play the guitar in any band before Vibracobra, however, we have decided to meet and jam. At the initial stage, we had two different drummers and spent one year just making tunes in the rehearsal space, but at some point we were never satisfied with the drum lines. Finding a good drummer is not an easy task, but eventually we have found a drummer who has agreed to try and from the day 1 everything seemed to sound just right.
We have played some shows and started recording our debut album. Definitely, it could have been released earlier but we had to learn the recording process from scratch. It is quite amazing that nowadays you can record your music almost without the help of professional studio and still sound good, however the drums have been recorded in studio, the rest was done by ourselves except for the mixing which has been done by MARSOV SOUND. The final result has exceeded our expectations.
๐โ๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ท๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐โโ๐ ๐๐ข๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐คโ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ : ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ.
The track titles arenโt arranged by coincidence, during the listening you are slowly moving from the top โAugueโ (Fireball in Latin) and โHelicoptersโ up in the air, down to โSacre Bleuโ that rests under the waters of โCousteauโ. Deep down there is the bottom of the Box which seems like a dark place to be. Thus, we wanted this โBoxโ to pull you out of the reality and immerse into its/your inner world.
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐ : ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ท ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ .
At the moment we already have some material which will be released on our next record. Making new songs is a bit of a challenge as we expect them to sound new and not to be repetitive. We experiment with different musical measures, exploit elements of different genres in order to get fresh ideas. Moreover, it is now becoming obvious that the duration of our songs increases as it is simply impossible to put everything in 5-6 minutes, now we are moving towards 8-10 minutes, though nowadays trends show that the most popular duration is 2:30 minutes. Anyway, we are not making music to be in the mainstream but rather to make songs that we would be pleased to listen to if they were composed by some other band. I guess this is the main criteria that we follow.
๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ โ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐.
For example, bands like Vy Pole, Jaunt, Too Far East is West, Uniquetunes make/made some great instrumental music. However, our influences are not limited to instrumental music and itโs quite hard to short the list of bands that we like, just to name a few: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nirvana, Gallows, Korn, Squarepusher, Maybeshewill, Sonic Youth, Aphex Twin, Materic, Trash Talk, Metz, ะฅะธะผะตัะฐ, Sepultura, Prodigy, Queenadreena, Aloke, Deftones, Lamb or Nine Inch Nailsโฆ This list can be endless and everything affects us in some way, thus it reflects our music, but to be honest none of the above mentioned bands could be considered as a main lighthouse on our musical way.”
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐.
