"Take out the noise and take my attention"
On the track Talk My Ear Off, Toronto's Ten Kills The Pack, the moniker of Sean Sroka builds a lovely folk narrative that starts off slowly and patterned. Sroka's tender and earthy vocal aesthetic ghosts his guitar picking in a slow waltz of sorts as a prelude to a run. When the song and the guitar patterns chase each other there is tension, there is longing as Sroka hangs on the words of someone special.
"Shades of a room were dim and
Flawed in your absent glow - the laugh you own.
But your painted breath, stretched out
In streaks of pure resonance"
The song sounds sad though and it makes me wonder if this someone is somehow unattainable as there are threads of pain weaved in Sroka's voice.
Talk My Ear Off is a precedes Ten Kills The Pack's debut EP, "Force Majeure" due out on May 15th (2020).
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Ten Kills The Pack (a.k.a. Sean Sroka) applies a deep level of intimacy and eloquence to confessional songs rooted in modern motifs. He seamlessly translates cosmopolitan, commuter lifestyles through thought-provoking, indie-folk soundscapes as he embodies the role of a “city songwriter” through and through.
His debut EP, Force Majeure, is a series of definitive moments delivered through artful songcraft and organic instrumentation as he defines “city folk” as a genre. These songs were crystallized through recording sessions held in Toronto high-rises, where the sights, sounds and shapes of the city were woven into the music.
It’s for this reason that Sean Sroka proves his title as modern poet, composing songs that are uniquely his. His strength as a songwriter is a result of his acute awareness. His music allows us to view genuine human experiences through an unfiltered and impartial view. His songs say self-pity and self-destructive tendencies only prove your humanness; that happiness and sadness are two sides of the same coin and that healing takes time. Instead of focusing on the grandiose, he shines a spotlight on the granular, taking pause to celebrate those small moments. The unglamorous is interesting, because it’s relatable.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
tenkillsthepack
Ten Kills The Pack (a.k.a. Sean Sroka) applies a deep level of intimacy and eloquence to confessional songs rooted in modern motifs. He seamlessly translates cosmopolitan, commuter lifestyles through thought-provoking, indie-folk soundscapes as he embodies the role of a “city songwriter” through and through.
His debut EP, Force Majeure, is a series of definitive moments delivered through artful songcraft and organic instrumentation as he defines “city folk” as a genre. These songs were crystallized through recording sessions held in Toronto high-rises, where the sights, sounds and shapes of the city were woven into the music.
It’s for this reason that Sean Sroka proves his title as modern poet, composing songs that are uniquely his. His strength as a songwriter is a result of his acute awareness. His music allows us to view genuine human experiences through an unfiltered and impartial view. His songs say self-pity and self-destructive tendencies only prove your humanness; that happiness and sadness are two sides of the same coin and that healing takes time. Instead of focusing on the grandiose, he shines a spotlight on the granular, taking pause to celebrate those small moments. The unglamorous is interesting, because it’s relatable.
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