"Miserable, discovered at the right time / Typical, your pocket is the start line / Chemicals, sitting on your bedside / Typical, you’re miserable..."
The brain rattling punk implosion of "Contemporary Us" by Portland garage rockers Gondos, and from their upcoming sophomore album "Anatomy Of A Hornet’s Nest" (dropping June 3rd), is gloriously crunchy with feral vibes fuming off the tightly wound musicality. The noisy punk hearted garage rock subversions had me thinking of close quarter sweaty venues with the likes of bands like Meatbodies, Bass Drum of Death and Together Pangea (most notably Pangea's spitting out their early Living Dummy record). Gondos' sound is utterly cool yet appropriately scuffed up and makes me think of the mid to late aughts at a whole host of LA and OC haunts. 1000 percent mosh worthy, "Contemporary Us" feels like a savage splurge and homage to American punk and is so perfectly solid that it will undoubtedly be inspirational for thousands of garage bands in the making.
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[“Contemporary Us” skewers influencer culture and the quest for instant fame with blown out garage punk intensity, while “When I’m Gone” maintains the fuzzy edge but repurposes it as an anthemic middle finger to an ex. Alongside the ripping takedown of deadend job options that was “Stop Calling Me”, these three singles set the table for an uncompromising and ear-rattling next installment in the Gondos canon.
"Anatomy Of A Hornet’s Nest" is the result of extensive recent sessions recorded live to ½ inch tape by Gondos lead guitarist (and member of local heroes The Macks) Ben Windheim and will be the band’s first full-length outing with new bassist Elisabeth Zarnick joining singer Aidan Case, Windheim and drummer Grant Anderson.]
"Anatomy Of A Hornet’s Nest" is the result of extensive recent sessions recorded live to ½ inch tape by Gondos lead guitarist (and member of local heroes The Macks) Ben Windheim and will be the band’s first full-length outing with new bassist Elisabeth Zarnick joining singer Aidan Case, Windheim and drummer Grant Anderson.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
Miserable, discovered at the right time
Typical, your pocket is the start line
Chemicals, sitting on your bedside
Typical, you’re miserable
Contemporary us, we’re all so famous
Contemporary us, I feel so glamorous
Miserable, discovered at the right time
Typical, your pocket is the start line
Chemicals, gnawing on your insides
Typical, you’re miserable
Contemporary us, we’re all so famous
Contemporary us, I feel so glamorous
Temporary, starting over, barely works, so hard to tell
Temporary, starting over, barely works, so hard to tell
Temporary, starting over, barely works, so hard to tell
Temporary, starting over, barely works, so hard to tell
Your heads they won’t evolve
There’s something in your skull
L.A. it suits you well
You’re all the same to me
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDrcxac-T96ck8NKgCeAVFw
https://gondos.bandcamp.com/album/anatomy-of-a-hornets-nest
https://www.instagram.com/gondosband
LYRICS
Miserable, discovered at the right time
Typical, your pocket is the start line
Chemicals, sitting on your bedside
Typical, you’re miserable
Contemporary us, we’re all so famous
Contemporary us, I feel so glamorous
Miserable, discovered at the right time
Typical, your pocket is the start line
Chemicals, gnawing on your insides
Typical, you’re miserable
Contemporary us, we’re all so famous
Contemporary us, I feel so glamorous
Temporary, starting over, barely works, so hard to tell
Temporary, starting over, barely works, so hard to tell
Temporary, starting over, barely works, so hard to tell
Temporary, starting over, barely works, so hard to tell
Your heads they won’t evolve
There’s something in your skull
L.A. it suits you well
You’re all the same to me
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDrcxac-T96ck8NKgCeAVFw
https://gondos.bandcamp.com/album/anatomy-of-a-hornets-nest
https://www.instagram.com/gondosband
https://www.facebook.com/losgondosband
Building upon the long held tradition of exceptional garage rock from Portland, Oregon, Gondos are here to add their name to this metaphorical plaque. The band draws influence from the past like: the Exploding Hearts, Wipers, Black Sabbath, the Stooges, the Sex Pistols, Spacemen 3 and Oasis and contemporary acts such as: Ty Segall, Bad Nerves, and Osees. Gondos uses these influences to create a sound that is both uniquely catchy to the listener and also challenging. Ranging from the darkest depths of doom metal and punk to the fuzzy, psychedelic worlds of rock and garage, Gondos creates a sonic world of their own. This is a band of the moment: hard to define, crushing live, driven and committed to their craft.
Gondos was born from the ever restless mind of lead songwriter, singer, and guitarist Aidan Trueheart Case in 2019. Founded by original members: Aidan Trueheart Case, Grant Anderson, Chris Farquahar, and Connor Peeples, the lineup has changed a little over the years. In 2022 the band adopted lead guitarist, studio engineer, and producer Ben Windheim, of Portland contemporaries The Macks to replace Peeples who is pursuing a career as a doctor. In 2024, bassist Chris Farquhar went on to pursue a career in engineering and was replaced by Elisabeth Zarnick to complete a sonically complex and devastating live sound.
Building upon the long held tradition of exceptional garage rock from Portland, Oregon, Gondos are here to add their name to this metaphorical plaque. The band draws influence from the past like: the Exploding Hearts, Wipers, Black Sabbath, the Stooges, the Sex Pistols, Spacemen 3 and Oasis and contemporary acts such as: Ty Segall, Bad Nerves, and Osees. Gondos uses these influences to create a sound that is both uniquely catchy to the listener and also challenging. Ranging from the darkest depths of doom metal and punk to the fuzzy, psychedelic worlds of rock and garage, Gondos creates a sonic world of their own. This is a band of the moment: hard to define, crushing live, driven and committed to their craft.
Gondos was born from the ever restless mind of lead songwriter, singer, and guitarist Aidan Trueheart Case in 2019. Founded by original members: Aidan Trueheart Case, Grant Anderson, Chris Farquahar, and Connor Peeples, the lineup has changed a little over the years. In 2022 the band adopted lead guitarist, studio engineer, and producer Ben Windheim, of Portland contemporaries The Macks to replace Peeples who is pursuing a career as a doctor. In 2024, bassist Chris Farquhar went on to pursue a career in engineering and was replaced by Elisabeth Zarnick to complete a sonically complex and devastating live sound.
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