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“I like that it can’t be pigeonholed,” says Lev Ceylan of Ebbb’s genre-eschewing debut EP, All At Once. “We really do love plot twists – where it just explodes into something completely different.”

Despite being together for barely a year, the band (comprised of producer Ceylan and vocalist Will Rowland, with added live drummer Scott MacDonald) have already landed on something truly singular. Fusing pulsing rhythms, immersive electronic production, sparkling melodies, layered vocal harmonies and beats that veer from ambient to industrial, the result is an idiosyncratic hybrid of sounds. One that the group describes as “Brian Wilson meets Death Grips.”

Songwriting began in January 2023 and by April they were playing their first show. “Because it’s electronic, I was always thinking there should be some headroom for intensity and energy,” says Ceylan. “So I asked Scott to play drums.” The result quickly became something incendiary. The melding of Ceylan’s engulfing and enthralling production and beats, with Rowland’s endlessly capable vocals, along with MacDonald’s added stomp, quickly resulted in the band being one of 2023’s word of mouth live sensations. “It was completely new and very exciting territory to be in,” says MacDonald. “It felt like a whole new world for me to attack.”

Ebbb exist in a constant state of duality and dichotomy, often ricocheting back and forth between pristine beauty and gut-rumbling noise; or even existing in both states simultaneously. This can be heard from the opening ‘Himmel’, a song that steadily builds from a choral-esque soundscape before a pneumatic drill-like beat enters, as Rowland’s voice glides with grace over the grinding rhythm. “That song encapsulates the two sides of the sound we have quite well,” says Rowland. “Having the more ethereal, dreamy vocals but with that undercurrent of the low rumblings. It’s kind of like heaven and hell.”

And this sense of euphoria derived from gelling different ideas together can be felt throughout the EP. ‘Torn’ is, as Rowland describes, “possibly the starkest example of the ethereal and choral vocals juxtaposed with the heavy electronic production.” The result is a genuinely beautiful and unique amalgamation of mangled sounds that somehow manages to sound both exquisitely enchanting yet head-twistingly experimental at the same time.

‘Swarm’ unfolds in an almost hypnotic groove with Rowland’s voice carrying the track with poise, before it once again takes on an unpredictable journey, resulting in a joyous burst of experimental pop music. “It’s all completely freeform and flexible,” Rowland says of the approach the band has. “That’s what’s so exciting about it.”

But while the EP might be experimental, loose and unpredictable, it’s also deeply considered, taut, and absolutely flab-free. “We were really big on not wasting moments on these songs,” says Ceylan. “The EP is always at 100%, with every section like a big chorus. We wanted to make every second count.”

(Text: Veranstaltende)

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