"tryin' to shove myself down into a sorrow hole..."
Portland's post punk psych swirled Koalra will release an album in October 2021 with what might be one of my favorite titles or any album: "Love Songs to Remind Us That We Can't Stand Each Other" and the first sonic glimpse is "Your Secret's Safe With Me". The track an artful mish mash of beautiful psychedelia and raw punk emotions. When it starts with an ambient brittleness and sadly effected electric guitar strums I actually flashed on Prince's 'Purple Rain' vibe wise and in a good way. As the cadence quickens so does the tension and when a vintage tainted recording of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the so called 'Father of the Atomic Bomb' breaks through the sad beauty, you can feel a deathly pallor descend, "...a few people cried. Most people were silent". Punchy drums descend also as the recording continues as "Your Secret's Safe With Me" gets darker and darker:
It is such a mind turning, mind bending intro of sorts. When Koalra's lead singer comes in with an aesthetic that feels gloomy, Gothic rock punkish, a bit of Robert Smith but with a throatier nihilistic edge, it is a moving piece of work, pained, full of longing, simmering in a resolute loss of hope and what feels like guilt, "it's just the way our lives will be known...".
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/koalraband/
https://koalra.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/koalraband/
Fusing the grotty, fuzz-fuelled guitars and loose rhythms of acts like Dinosaur Jr. to the energetic and experimental soundscapes of artists such as Sonic Youth and Ween, Koalra are an emerging noise punk band hailing from Chicago.
The 90’s influenced four-piece released their self-titled album in December of 2019. The eight track debut is a noise-fest of uplifting, yet thrashing guitar tracks and drearily sincere, grungy vocal melodies. From the soaring, euphoric breakdowns of stand-out alt anthems like “Dark Days” to the savagely, fierce energy of songs like “Black Nightmare” and “Sprung”, Koalra cover a lot of ground in the genres of punk, indie and noise pop.
Rising out of a garage music project in their hometown, the band is comprised of four friends who are all influenced by similar bands such as Boyracer, The Thermals, The Cure, Dinosaur Jr., No Age and Wavves.
In early 2020 Koalra released their followup EP titled “Surprise Lights” with the surfy sun soaked anthem “Dear Daylight” which publication Doubtful Sounds says “hollers and sings with a beautiful melancholic angst.”
Koalra, post punk, psych rock, artfully blended, raw emotions, ""Your Secret's Safe With Me", new album, "Love Songs to Remind Us That We Can't Stand Each Other", Chicago, Portland,
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/koalraband/
https://koalra.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/koalraband/
Fusing the grotty, fuzz-fuelled guitars and loose rhythms of acts like Dinosaur Jr. to the energetic and experimental soundscapes of artists such as Sonic Youth and Ween, Koalra are an emerging noise punk band hailing from Chicago.
The 90’s influenced four-piece released their self-titled album in December of 2019. The eight track debut is a noise-fest of uplifting, yet thrashing guitar tracks and drearily sincere, grungy vocal melodies. From the soaring, euphoric breakdowns of stand-out alt anthems like “Dark Days” to the savagely, fierce energy of songs like “Black Nightmare” and “Sprung”, Koalra cover a lot of ground in the genres of punk, indie and noise pop.
Rising out of a garage music project in their hometown, the band is comprised of four friends who are all influenced by similar bands such as Boyracer, The Thermals, The Cure, Dinosaur Jr., No Age and Wavves.
In early 2020 Koalra released their followup EP titled “Surprise Lights” with the surfy sun soaked anthem “Dear Daylight” which publication Doubtful Sounds says “hollers and sings with a beautiful melancholic angst.”
Koalra, post punk, psych rock, artfully blended, raw emotions, ""Your Secret's Safe With Me", new album, "Love Songs to Remind Us That We Can't Stand Each Other", Chicago, Portland,
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