Whitenoir, is a newly formed band based in Malang which began their journey from early 2017. They have just revealed their debut single called “Sub-District” on 26 Feburary 2017 and we would give you a little review of what it sounds like. The band is said to have a modern grunge that is influenced by the likes of Bush, Citizen or Milk Teeth. We listened to the song without listening first to those aforementioned bands to avoid bias judgement. The song opens with a strum of guitar the reminds you to the early days of Nirvana. The distorted guitar effect gives an umph to the song and makes it sound noisy. The vocals of Ekki Darmawan in this song showcases a rather more mellow side of him, when he usually prefers to utilize skramz in his other band, Shewn. There is also a fuzzy guitar twang in the background and all of these elements are shaped into a polished single. In a sense, it has a post-grunge appeal that Bush has. Melodically it’s pretty simple and does not require much complex and puzzling chords.
