Band Profile: Usepensinging
location: Taipei, Taiwan.
band members:
Jun-Zai-Vocal
Lu-Guitarist
Norton-Bassist
KingKong Kuan-Guitarist
A-Die-Drummer
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/usepentosing
discography:
2008 Usepensinging x Ashen split EP (released by Psychoyouth Records, Taiwan)
2009 Copycat EP
It was a total confusion when local audience meet this Screamo band Usepensinging, and it took me for a while to understand their music a little bit. They were brave enough to call themselves a screamo band, since for many who consider themselves "punk" did not give a shit about any American screamo bands, for an obvious reason they simply sucks at music but really know about their hairstyle. But no, not this Usepensinging, which influenced by more hardcore-oriented Orchid, Ampere and Japanese Otto Records (with the release of Envy, with their fanbase both in postrock and hardcore community)and etc. Personally I would understand the bands before mentioned as hardcore screamo, but simply for the understanding instead of creating another label. The Jun-Zai's scream is very much psychotic and frentic, which is one characteristic of hardcore screamo. the arrangement of each instruments is pretty complicated and precise, and the ability to handle variety of tempos is pretty neat-- slow intro, breakdown and then sudden bombard and at the end an abrupt stop. Usepensing releases two EPs, one with death grind monster Ashen. the bassist Norton is the owner of Psychoyouth Records, a distro and a label in this tiny scene, with its effort to introduce both local and international bizzare yet talented bands. Now Usepensinging is in a hiatus, each member has their own project-- Nortion organizes gigs and runs his label, KingKong is the guitarist of We are so Sad, Lu the guitarist of another screamo/postrock band Until Seeing Whale's Eyes, and A-Die is the drummer in Ashen.
I still rember the exciting feeling to go to their performance, often pretty short but always impressive, like they stub your brain with a sharp dagger. Some members are veterans in early emo scene and still stick together after these years. But then it is like they come out in past few years in the underground scene without notice, and then every kids received electric therapy after going to their gigs, then often with HC band Angry Young Men, Ashen...etc. I wanted do a report about this unique and kinda mysterious group and the atmosphere which they create with each performance in the scene, but then it was like I was so busy and later they just told me yeah we broke up and I thought fuck ya and what a lost...
