WL//WH Video Premiere CHOKE CITY

photo by Gabor Toth
After last year spent mainly between recording studio sessions and several live gigs, the Budapest, Hungary-based Wave / Post Punk unit unlocks 2025 with the Official Music Video, directed by Aleksandr Eliseev with the help of the band’s long time sound engineer Dávid Czirók, for “Do Not Dare To (Ever Tell),” the lead single taken from the new 3-track EP “Growing Gash” scheduled for release tomorrow January 16, 2025 via Corbata Records, WL//WH is pleased to premiere.
Comprised of longtime stalwarts of the local underground music scene, namely Gaspar Binder (drums), Richard Geczi (vocals), Barnabas Kiss (guitar) and Szabolics Szucs (bass), the four-piece, through their debut 2022 album, “Pleasures,” and several Singles/EPs since 2021, have crafted a guitar-laden sound blending ‘Post-Punk, all era of Wave Music, with a pinch of heaviness, to emphasize the introvert vibes the way salt helps to elevate all flavors.’

EP Artwork by Ákos Bánki
The atmospheric and reflective “Do Not Dare To (Ever Tell)” flares of a wandering lush, softly noisy melancholic aura ringing out clear, on top of a pulsing heart of plodding, punchy drum beats and droning bass lines, radiated by a swirling haze of vibrant guitar riffs engulfing heartfelt emotional vocals, strained by the overwhelming pain and fear of a horrifying secret.
The Official Music Video directed by Aleksandr Eliseev, with the help of Dávid Cziróka, places translucent urban nighttime visions over Choke City as they perform “Do not Dare To (Ever Tell),” to bring forth the disorienting introspection of the soundtrack. Warm orange lights, like the rich tones of a sunset, shimmer through a smoky stage set while suggestive flashbacks join with the poignant lyrics to ignite a deep well of traumatic feelings.
Choke City’s new 3-track EP “Growing Gash,” is due tomorrow January 16, 2025, via Budapest‘s Corbata Records.
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