VOLK SOUP - 10p Jazz - CD [JAN 16]

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Leeds six-piece Volk Soup deliver a sharp, chaotic and fully realised debut with 10p Jazz, an album that fuses wiry post-punk, jagged noise rock and bursts of free-jazz intensity into something entirely their own. The record captures the raw electricity of their live performances while revealing surprising moments of melody and restraint. Tracks like "Bastard," "Reptilian Brain" and "Professionalism Debunked" showcase the band's volatile edge, while "Holy Building Tourist" offers a brief but memorable shift in tone. The result is a cohesive and unpredictable debut that positions Volk Soup as one of the most inventive underground bands emerging from Leeds.

Volk Soup blend guitars, horns, and percussion into a dense, tangled sound—equal parts menace, absurdity, and catharsis. Songs twist and rupture without warning, leaning into collapse as a compositional tool. The result is volatile and unpredictable, but never careless.

According to vocalist Harry Jones:
“We tried to create something unplaceable—like it’s always two steps ahead of you. Or maybe just broken in a satisfying way.”

Shortly after release, 10p Jazz hit number one on Bandcamp's trending punk albums chart, a sign of the word-of-mouth building around the record.

"Their debut album 10p Jazz is a ragged patchwork of styles that somehow hangs together, veering from punk ferocity to tender balladry to brass heavy experimentation." -- Still Listening Magazine

"A complex debut album that could well be a musical soundtrack to a deviant avant garde under belly somewhere moist and visceral." -- NARC Magazine

"The songs lean into abrasion and absurdity, full of sudden turns and structure bending arrangements: equal parts menace, muscle and meticulous collapse."
-- Thoughts Words Action

Tracklist: 

1. Bastard [05:58]
2. Reptilian Brain [03:11]
3. Professionalism Debunked [03:54]
4. Friends [04:38]
5. Holy Building Tourist [02:55]
6. Mass Village Angst [05:12]
7. Nothing in Tomorrow [03:39]
8. Spellbound by the Phallus [08:01]
9. Meet Me by the Willow [07:50]