SONIC MASALA: Slonk Donkerson

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Giving Up On A Nude Beach

It isn't enough for me to premiere Slonk Donkerson's new track; I have to delve into another Brooklyn band's release that shows a fiery predilection for 90s rock attraction. Nude Beach brought out a pretty great record last year with II, completely irreverent and fuzziness of the warmest kind - leather jacket cool with a heart of fairy floss. Their latest release is a 7" on Other Music Recording Co due out in July, and it is a little cleaner, a litter shinier, yet still as careless as ever. The pop that courses through the 7" has a rough edge, a working-class rambunctiousness, that makes it tougher to crack, to find faults with. The trio is still a little too shambolic, a little too erratic, for their tunes to anchor a pivotal moment in a HBO season cliffhanger - but give them time. Nude Beach have soul to go with their garage edginess, and that'll get them far.

PREMIERE: Slonk Donkerson Shape Their Own Faith

America has had a surge in clamorous guitar bands that look as much into the past, specifically the 90s angular rock implosion with off-kilter, charming melodies led by the likes of Malkmus and Brock, as they do into the 21st century and beyond (see Milk Music, Cloud Nothings). Brooklyn isn't replete of slacker noise pop bands (see Parquet Courts for its most recent incarnation). A new act to potentially join these ranks is Slonk Donkerson. The trio know each other well, having played in bands together since elementary school. Slonk Donkerson itself has been around for three years, albeit in sporadic fits and bursts as its members attended college spread out across the States. Nevertheless they have produced two LPs and one EP in this time. Their incoming EP Watching Every Channel At Once should push them that little bit closer to the spotlight.

Watching Every Channel At Once comes out tomorrow - here is the opener of the EP.

Slonk Donkerson - The Shape Of Faith

About

It was early on a Sunday morning at ATP - A Nightmare Before Christmas 2009. After downing a fair few, at 4am we decided to cook a curry. It was during the consumption of this drunkenly delicious breakfast treat that we decided to actually do something about the music we talk about all the time.

So we started a blog – and Sonic Masala was born. Now into its seventh year, the blog has spread out to call both Australia and the UK its home (and the rest of the world), and has expanded to include gigs, festivals and a record label under its black umbrella. Come on, eat the noize.

If an mp3 is up here, it's because we have been talking about it, and think the whole world needs to know more. It's there to give you a little taste. Then, if you like, check out the band live and spend all your hard earned cash on their records. If we've posted up an mp3 of your stuff and you're not too keen on the idea, let us know and we'll happily take it down pronto.