Zevk Zevk demo cassette
This might be my favorite demo tape of 2025. ZEVK out of Paris plays hardcore punk with a downtuned bent that lends a dark, contentious flavor to their sound. The four-song demo opens with “Bomboş (All Empty),” a sub-two-minute opus that shifts in delivery with blindingly fast momentum. The closing track “Dykes Trans & Queers” is a treatise on the emotional struggle related to self-identification in a society that favors heteronormative homogenization and how that struggle influences one’s opinions back towards their oppressors. All that is delivered in two minutes over thunderous rhythms and shredded guitars. If this is what ZEVK is capable of, then I’m eagerly waiting for more.