The stripes of the Thai flag, running through everything
Red, white and navy as a permanent visual constraint, with titles drawn from Thai words for purgatory and hell on earth.
Play on YouTubeWhispers play what Crack files as "evilcore", out of Bangkok, on Flatspot Records. Crack identifies the constant: "Though Whispers draw from a multicultural mix of influences, the red, white and navy stripes of the Thai flag remain a defining thread in everything they do."
That observation is the writer's rather than the band's, and it holds up against the record titles. Yom-Ma-Lok is named for the Thai word for purgatory, and follows Narok Bon Din, hell on earth, which Crack says "plunged straight to the heart of philosophical matters of good, evil and the afterlife, bouncing off Buddhist touchstones".
A three-colour palette locked to a national flag is a severe constraint and an efficient one: every piece of artwork is instantly theirs, and the restriction does the work that a logo usually has to do.
Credits, from the label's own video description
Director, CG and VFX Jediiano. Art director Aatyps. Cinematographer Aongkai. Editor Eddylegarconpoubelle. Colourist Madness Color. Producer Nanthanphon Yumi. Production company Dot Lovester Co., LTD.
The only quote we could verify from the band is about sound rather than image. Guitarist Kitti 'Ole' Suwan: "We tried to mix the styles of western bands and Thai bands and make it into our own thing."
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