Zikin Bala Galdua Zure Buru Galduan
- Format
12 Inch
Opaque Light Blue
£18.00
‘Aurrian daukaunaz konturatezen gara, Ez ikusijenak eixten bajolku bizija. Zuk sinistu, komeni jatzuna, Zuk sinistu, entzun nahi dozuna’ (Zuk Sinistu) ‘We realize what’s ahead of us, but we don’t see it anymore. You believe it, it’s a good idea, You believe what you want to hear’ (You Believe)
Zikin (Dirty) hail from Lekeitio in the Basque Country and Bala Galdua Zure Buru Galduan (A Lost Bullet In Your Lost Mind) is their second full-length, and follow-up to 2022’s Zementua Armosaten (Cement Armosaten). A taut, sinewy garage punk energy continues to underpin their surf tinged guitars, which are in turn interlaced with dark flourishes of death rock melodicism.
Meanwhile, the clipped, urgent Basque vocals explore themes of self-deception and lethargy in the face of our current predicaments. The rollicking opener Diktaduru Mentala (Mental Dictatorship), the raucously surging Zuk Sinistu, and the more off-kilter Marmoletan Itxota (Marbles In The Sky) hit home with particular vigour.