- Words Notion Staff
Pepous People’s Banshee is a raw, riff-heavy debut that channels chaos, catharsis, and the spirit of rebellion.
Pepous People crash onto the scene with Banshee, a debut album forged in garage jam sessions, emotional upheaval, and an unlikely muse: a stray kitten named Pepous. What started as a spontaneous experiment has exploded into a full-bodied rock record that’s as wild and wired as its origin story.
Across ten shape-shifting tracks, Banshee dives headfirst into identity, liberation, and the beautiful wreckage of being alive. Gritty guitar riffs and acid-tinged textures collide with emotionally raw lyricism, creating a sound that feels like classic rock reincarnated through a 21st-century lens. This is not retro revival – it’s resurrection with teeth.
The album’s lead single ‘Cheater’ hits like a punch to the gut, all snarling vocals and volatile crescendos. It’s a mission statement of sorts: messy, honest, and defiantly loud. The rest of Banshee doesn’t let up, veering between psychedelic swells and full-throttle catharsis, always grounded by the band’s no-filter intensity.
“We didn’t create it to please anyone but to be brutally honest,” the band states, and that ethos pulses through every distorted chord. Banshee feels like a scream from the subconscious, unpolished but unforgettable.
Pepous People may be newcomers, but Banshee lands like the work of a band that knows exactly who they are, and isn’t afraid to burn through the noise to prove it. Loud, raw, and ruthlessly alive, this is a debut that doesn’t just introduce a sound – it unleashes it.