Da Beumb Project – Closer, Warmer

 

Da Beumb Project – Closer, Warmer
Self-released – 2025
Punk, Stoner, Metal, Sludge, Grunge, Hardcore
Rated: ****

Released last Friday, the new full-sized album Closer, Warmer by Montréal, Québec, Canada duo Da Beumb Project. A volatile project that has been running since 2011 and has already delivered some six albums. And where we already loved their first fast-paced punk, all sludged and grunged up single Heck Yes. The opener Off With His Head is even wilder! Almost three minutes long, it is one of the longer songs on the album, the track delivers this gut punching, stop and stomp kind of energy. Highly addictive and the perfect battering ram to open the album with. Especially since things get even more frantic with Heck Yes and one mighty raucous Having A Laugh. Which leads to conclude there is always time for some Da Beumb Project, cause the nine tracks on Closer, Warmer only barely pass the twenty minute mark. The bass and drum duo knows where their forte lies, and that punk adagio, hardcore power smash is perfected with Good Boy Falls Down. No Country For Old Punks follows, love the title, slows down and turns into a warped sun-fried, brutish grunge dirge. Dark and nothing lighthearted until the very end, when an old announcer snippet turns your frown upside down. Eccentric, yes, surprising, absolutely! You better get used to it. With Da Beumb Project, surprises are rarely unexpected. Like ending the album with the longest track, three and a half minute long High Life. A sludge punk extravaganza, that slows down to give you a sweet and dusty send off.Da Beumb Project, punkcentric, but o’ so lovable!

(Written by JK)

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