Chepang "Jhyappa" 12"

PRESSING INFO: First Press 1436 x Mustard Yellow Standard Gram 237 x Black Ice with White Pinwheels and Rainbow Splatter Standard Gram *Relapse.com Excusive* 143 x Custom "Jawbreaker" Marble Standard Gram *Relapse.com Excusive* 100 x Clear (Not available to the public - Friends of band and label only) Relapse Records welcomes the blistering grindcore force CHEPANG with their label debut, Jhyappa. Hailing from Queens, New York, by way of Kathmandu, Nepal, CHEPANG has never been your by-the-numbers band. They dub their music “immigrindcore”: They use samples from Nepali pop songs. They sing in Nepali. They embrace their immigrant identities. CHEPANG meld these elements together into an album about self immolation as a means of self preservation. Jhyappa touches on these philosophies through a ferocious grindcore attack that sounds as violent as the means through which the band wish to achieve redemption. The lyrics on Jhyappa are “hardcore Nepalese,” guitarist Kshitiz Moktan says. "This