Namesake (formerly known as Honduras) have been a long standing fixture in Brooklyn's rabidly vibrant DIY community. Their trajectory from Bushwick basements to opening for the likes of Blur and Interpol is a testament to their sound that feels cross generational with a sweeping angular tone of late 70's proto punk, 90's post punk indie stirred up with the hybrid indie sounds of today. Their latest, "Hole in the Wall" from their upcoming album, "Redeeming Features", which drops October 15th (2021) cajoles rather than hits you over the head and I like that. There is no blustering sonic signage that screams look at me but rather a front facing cool artful quality that tugs at you. And it does pull at you hard in wonderfully different ways. It sneaks up on you simmering with lo-fi machine beats and guitar downbeat strikes and notes that hang in the air. Patrick Phillips vocal aesthetic somehow brings to mind post punk indie but sort of jazz punk too (in fact I thought of and amalgam of Joe Jackson and Jon King). When the real drums come in and stomp about, with fluid bass lines, this deep mesmerizing groove simply takes you away. The simmering becomes a post punk boil over. "Hole in the Wall" feels both raw and sophisticated and a far reach from more destructive times.
During a wild night in 2018, Phillips was arrested at work. [As Phillips recalls it, the night cops swarmed the venue where he was bartending was his worst nightmare. However, now he looks at the ordeal, and the night he spent in jail, as a dark stroke of serendipity, forcing him to reevaluate the coping mechanisms in his life that—to put it mildly—were simply not working. It was time to embrace his bisexuality, confront the abuse he had experienced in the past, and address his addictions and anger.]
[Namesake recently announced the October 15 release of their sophomore album Redeeming Features via Get Better Records. Redeeming Features is ultimately a sprint through the healing process. But perhaps more importantly, it’s a fun listen, evoking both the dark rooms of independent music venues and nights spent driving around hometowns, volume up and windows down. Phillips is proud of how far he’s come and what his band has created. And with a little luck, he’ll be able to infuse other people’s journeys with a sense of joy - especially at their long-awaited album release show at TV EYE in Bushwick on October 19 - only their second live performance in two years.]
-Robb Donker Curtius (Bracketed material [] from Press Notes)
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From Bushwick basements to opening slots for Blur and Interpol, the band Namesake (fka Honduras) has remained a fixture in Brooklyn's DIY community. The beachy-punk quartet experienced some early success with their free-spirited 2015 debut Rituals, including opening for Interpol (thanks to an introduction from Tony Hawk), a wrench was thrown into their beachy punk in early 2018, when Phillips was arrested at work. As Phillips recalls it, the night cops swarmed the venue where he was bartending was his worst nightmare. However, now he looks at the ordeal, and the night he spent in jail, as a dark stroke of serendipity, forcing him to reevaluate the coping mechanisms in his life that—to put it mildly—were simply not working. It was time to embrace his bisexuality, confront the abuse he had experienced in the past, and address his addictions and anger.
Namesake recently announced the October 15 release of their sophomore album Redeeming Features via Get Better Records. Redeeming Features is ultimately a sprint through the healing process. But perhaps more importantly, it’s a fun listen, evoking both the dark rooms of independent music venues and nights spent driving around hometowns, volume up and windows down. Phillips is proud of how far he’s come and what his band has created. And with a little luck, he’ll be able to infuse other people’s journeys with a sense of joy - especially at their long-awaited album release show at TV EYE in Bushwick on October 19 - only their second live performance in two years.
If you like what you see here, please consider a one time donation to help us stay truly independent.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://namesakenyc.com/
https://namesakenyc.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/namesakenyc
https://www.facebook.com/HondurasBand
https://www.instagram.com/namesake.nyc/
From Bushwick basements to opening slots for Blur and Interpol, the band Namesake (fka Honduras) has remained a fixture in Brooklyn's DIY community. The beachy-punk quartet experienced some early success with their free-spirited 2015 debut Rituals, including opening for Interpol (thanks to an introduction from Tony Hawk), a wrench was thrown into their beachy punk in early 2018, when Phillips was arrested at work. As Phillips recalls it, the night cops swarmed the venue where he was bartending was his worst nightmare. However, now he looks at the ordeal, and the night he spent in jail, as a dark stroke of serendipity, forcing him to reevaluate the coping mechanisms in his life that—to put it mildly—were simply not working. It was time to embrace his bisexuality, confront the abuse he had experienced in the past, and address his addictions and anger.
Namesake recently announced the October 15 release of their sophomore album Redeeming Features via Get Better Records. Redeeming Features is ultimately a sprint through the healing process. But perhaps more importantly, it’s a fun listen, evoking both the dark rooms of independent music venues and nights spent driving around hometowns, volume up and windows down. Phillips is proud of how far he’s come and what his band has created. And with a little luck, he’ll be able to infuse other people’s journeys with a sense of joy - especially at their long-awaited album release show at TV EYE in Bushwick on October 19 - only their second live performance in two years.
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