Normativ Demo_1 cassette
Out of the foothills of the Italian Alps comes NORMATIV. After forming from the ashes of two separate acts (A/LPACA and SUBMEET), NORMATIV began creating raucous post-punk smeared with noise. Their three-track demo cassette features two originals and a BJÖRK cover. The two originals (“Papers Back” and “Positive Sanction”) are defiant, indignant, and blend layers of punk instrumentation with synthesized clangor while lyrically eviscerating global capitalist police states and describing the emotional fortitude required to survive under their oppression. The BJÖRK cover (“Declare Independence”) closes the cassette with an explosive display of the band’s sonic capabilities, taking what was a minimalist composition and flushing it out into a full-on punk pummeler.