PENGSHUi - EP ii - The Singles, Reviewed
PENGSHUi - EP ii - The Singles, Reviewed I imagine like many people, I was introduced to PENGSHUi’s music through a brilliant remix of The Prodigy’s ‘Light Up The Sky’ in 2018, but after recently deciding to check out their own stuff, I was very impressed. Their mix of raucously heavy, crushing metal with hyped up, gnarly rap flows and electronic textures almost felt like a UK take on nu-metal, while also being more distinctive and, quite simply, a lot heavier in their approach. So when I saw that they had a new EP out in just a few weeks, March 10th to be exact, I jumped at the opportunity to cover it. So, let’s have a look at the singles. Madman Talk about setting out your stall because this track does it nigh on perfectly. The instrumental pulls absolutely no punches, with one of the absolute gnarliest basslines I’ve heard so far this year, complemented by some really nice, snappy drums. Then, when those wobbly electronic textures come in and the chorus hits with those monstrous wal...