Alexander Vijay Bans turns Turtle Mixtape into a Portland genre collision

Alexander Vijay Bans’ Turtle Mixtape arrives on 11 June sounding like it has no interest in obeying the usual genre lanes. The Portland release is tagged across alternative electronic, grunge, metal, punk and rock, which could easily become chaos for chaos’ sake. But the title suggests something more playful: a mixtape as shell, habitat and moving archive. The appeal of this kind of independent release is that it does not seem overmanaged by a tidy branding department. It feels like a personal dump of sound, instinct and distorted identity. Grunge texture rubs against electronic edges, punk impatience pokes through the corners and the whole thing carries the charm of an artist willing to let the seams show. Turtle Mixtape is not polished into one clean lane, and that is precisely why it belongs in a daily indie digest. Some releases are interesting because they are messy with intent.

Source: https://alexbans.bandcamp.com/