A Boundless And Wildly Addicting Album from Inimata
- BuzzSlayers
- Mar 16
- 4 min read
A new release from Inimata recently dropped, and this record encapsulates a rambunctious attitude, a set of performances, and a blend of genres that's almost difficult to put into words. However, that's part of the fun.
When you come across a record this wild and sort of boundless, especially in the way of sticking to a genre, my job is suddenly one of the most fun things to do.
I love music like this because it gives you the unexpected. There are more than a few surprises around the corner of this record, and it delivers everything from electronic, EDM, alternative pop, punk rock, post-punk, and more, all rolled up into one fat record that hits like a sucker punch to the gut.
Texturally, the Tristate Scumbag album is outstanding. The synthesizers and keys, beats, guitars, and vocals come together like puzzle pieces at times, while at others, it layers those textures on top of each other so that you have something that's wildly intense, and when that happens, there are sounds sort of coming at you in an almost aggressive manner.
Even when this happens, there's a lot of melody embedded in the veins of the record, along with this almost garage pop aesthetic that seems to stick throughout most of the record.
"Rework" is the First full track on the record after the introduction, and this one is a good actual full song intro to the record. It opens the door to the rest of the album wonderfully, mostly because you're getting some of the staples that the full record boasts right here in this track.
Now, as I said before, you need to expect the unexpected when it comes to a record like this one. It is released with far fewer walls built around it than whatever you may be used to.
However, that first track gives you this wonderfully danceable feel, synth pads sort of drifting through the background, giving it an ambient or spacious underbelly and a 90s style beat.
This breaks out into a rock style with guitars that are distorted, giving you sick riffs and just raising up the intensity levels, taking over the song and bringing on this catchy but fiery soundscape.
The vocal approach to the song, and for most of the record, for that matter, is definitely high energy.
Between some of the beats and vocals on the record, it also brings on a hip hop element that shows face and is sort of laced throughout the record's existence.
This is what I mean by genre-bending. Taking different genres and blending or bending them together so that you have something that breeds its own atmosphere.
That's what this record is all about, for me anyway.
I found it completely infectious and addictive, especially in terms of the whole aesthetic it gives off, the production, and the vocal approach.
One of my favorite tracks on the record, "Cult Classic", is really hard. But again, it's super catchy at the same time. It's got an aggressive tonality, the vocals are packed with character, as they are through most of the album, and the experimental production of the track lets it branch out wherever it wants to.
It does all this while still sticking to that catchy undertone.
The synth work on this track is awesome. The synthesizers, a lot of the time, had so much drive and force to the songs that it really just pushes that energy level through the roof.
"Big Rig Energy" is another top choice of mine from this album. This really showcases how this entire project can really surprise you.
This, to me, is probably the catchiest song on the record.
It's got great guitar riffs that are an inconsistent part of the track; they bring in another artist to add more layers to everything, bringing a certain kind of brightness and attitude, letting the track take shape in its own way, but it sounds like this that ends up sticking in your brain for hours or even days after it has ended.
Even throughout all that catchiness and pop overcoat, the song is supremely experimental, and there are times during the chorus sections where there are tons of layers of those synthesizers and keys, along with guitars just coming at you. It's like a flood of tones and textures all at once.
The vocals really push the envelope. Not only do they bring the character and personality to the record, but they also bring the same kind of color and edginess.
That's right, I put those two words together. This record, as a whole, brings a lot of color and edginess put together, and I think that's part of what makes it work so well.
The character that those vocals boast is something that you end up getting attached to.
By the time you get halfway through this album, you want to hear that wildness. You want to turn it up because you know there's going to be a level of rambunctious approach coming from all angles. So, when I say that, I mean both vocally and instrumentally.
I'll say it again, this is a record that knows no bounds.
This is why I mentioned earlier that reviewing and talking about records like this can be the most fun out of everything.
Don't get me wrong, I love all the genres that are blended into this. I grew up on post-punk, I love punk and rock music, and electronic music is a staple, but when you have a record that takes its own shape, sculpts sound, and has no Conformity to any kind of normalcy, it just brightens up your day.
The record closes with the track called "Best Behaviour", which certainly comes at you with more of those aggressive and shouty kinds of vocals, but that happens while vast post-punk style guitars are going on.
I feel like this is a great way to actually end the record, too.
When the whole thing is over, you have to snap yourself back into reality again.
This album has a very particular way of pulling you away from whatever you're doing or wherever you are, and putting you in its own space.
So, do not miss this, and don't just listen to a few songs. You have to listen to this record from start to finish, all in one shot, to really understand the full spectrum of what it has to offer.
Turn it up and remember where you heard it first.
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