Gimic: We Are Making A New World 7"

Gimic are back with three new songs so hot you could fry an egg on ‘em. But just to be clear - there’s no egg here. Kind of surprising, as there’s elements of just about every other punk-adjacent genre - punk, hardcore, post punk, post hardcore, art punk. All of which Gimic mix up effortlessly with an urgency, groove and acidic aggro. There’s no other band like them at the moment and this 7” is exemplary of that - it captures a band coming into their creative prime. Huge variety of songwriting, spot on vocals/lyrics (see We Are Making a New World) and exquisite musicianship packed into three blazing songs. If you want to see how a band can pack a sub two minute punk banger with a hoarde of hidden gems that will reveal themselves on each playback just check out the opening track Irrational Demographic.

If you’re in any doubt whether to pick up this record or not, just ask yourself - is there any other band in the UK right now who are capable of juggling the choicest cuts of the Dischord and SST discographies with a Siege-like intensity? Nope - just Gimic! 

Our take: This is the second EP from this scorching and unique band from Bristol, England. If you haven’t heard Gimic yet, I’d put them in the category of bands like the Minutemen and NoMeansNo who clearly pull a lot of inspiration from the abstract qualities of energy and intensity that are a hallmark of hardcore punk, but who are indifferent—maybe even hostile—to the other formal conventions of the genre. In other words, they make a kind of boundary-less hardcore punk, largely avoiding d-beats, power chords, and breakdowns in favor of a sound that’s all their own. And like the Minutemen and NoMeansNo, the level of musicality is super high, rhythmically and melodically inventive, but never in a show off-y or virtuosic way... it’s more like these are just punks forcing themselves to develop the unique aspects of their playing as far as they can. The lyrics and vocals are similarly impassioned, trying desperately to wrench sense from the decaying environment we all live in. Gimic might not be for everyone, but if you have a taste for progressive and passionate punk, I think they’re one of the best bands going, and these three songs are their most powerful statement yet. Let’s hope they keep ‘em coming.