Mondo Cane, Stand Against, Entropy, Pink Floyd, Roxy Lavish, Sigur Ros, Cave-In, Modest Mouse, Flaming Lips,Refused, At the Drive-In, Radiohead, ...Trail of Dead, Muse, Just Jammin', Daysworth Fighting, Mushroom Giant, David Bowie, Isis, Nick Cave, Broken Social Scene, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta, Augie March, Fugazi, Led Zeppelin, Pixies, Turpike, The Decemberists, Ginger Wee Jasper, Mogwai, Colditz Glider, U2, The Dirty Three, My Disco, Night Terrors, The Doors, Elliot Smith, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Art of Fighting, Architecture in Helsinki, Off Minor, Your Black Star, Flaming Lips, Beatles, Portishead...
Sounds Like
A maelstrom of swirling guitars, hypnotic rhythms and floating soundscapes...
"... And just when you're comfortable you know where this song is going, TKON hit the trapdoor, load-up, and fire you into a classical-piano lead-break, only to send you reeling once more in a chorus that's instantly memorable. It's this kind of 'high-tide, low-tide' dynamic that sets the stage for the entire album ... Labelling their compositions as 'space-rock', I find it more fitting to crown TKON's Lakes as something more akin to a soundtrack to an exploration of the oceans' depths, and achieves exactly what a concept album is meant to do: conjure imagery relating to the subject matter, immerse the listener in the realm that the band inhabits, and nail it shut. An underwater, guilt-ridden, spaced-out masterpiece, indeed.." - Esteban Crooke, BEAT Magazine
"Forget singing about cars and girls - The Knives of Neptune have managed to make an album that is lyrically both as personal and as accessible as they come. Musically, TKON are still masters of controlled schizophrenia; alternately psychedelic, frenzied, haunting and majestic." - Ash Easton, BLUNT Magazine
The Knives of Neptune formed during July 2003 in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Born from the ashes of iconic post-punk outfits Fallopian Tube and Zero Point Defect, the sound of both their demo and subsequent EP release, Digital Bildungsroman, received rave reviews and showcased the band's ability to cleverly fuse atmospheric sounds with all-out rock assaults.
Shortly after, the Knives of Neptune underwent two dramatic line-up changes, choosing to part ways with first Stuart Hardy (keys/synths), then Matt Bykersma (vocals). The new lineup saw Panag joining ..s/synths, and Wayne and Panag assuming shared vocal duties - reducing the band to a 4-piece. As a result, the band's creative output skyrocketed, allowing them to write the material for their debut album, Lakes, in just a few months.
The lineup change has not only affected the band's sound, but provided a theme for the entire album. Subtitled 'An Underwater Exploration of Guilt', Lakes chronicles the days, weeks and months of emotional aftermath the band went through after their decision to part ways with former members and friends.
Lakes was long-listed for the 2006 Australian Music Prize, making its way into the final 25 nominations.
2007 saw the addition of original keyboardist Stuart Hardy on synths and samples, as well as Jeremy Bourke on second guitar (Jeremy also recorded additional guitar on Lakes), fleshing out an already ambitious sound into a fully-fledged sonic juggernaut.
The band will release its epic second album, Tasman the Sailor, in February 2009.
Debut album Lakes is out now through DSTAR Records/Modern Music/Sony BMG, featuring "The Diver".
Sons of Abraham rip up the stage at the Here And Now Festival at the NoiseBar in Brunswick this Saturday 5th December. Festival starts at 2pm, SoA on at 7:20pm. Tix are $16 at the door or message us for $12 presale tix and we'll mail them out to you.
oohh no, what happened? At least the friends had a good time. :-) For sure mate, my place is yours so whenvs u wanna come up, u always got a place to stay...i've been trying to get down that way for so long now, just never seems to happen god damn it..haha We need to do beers soon, it's a must...our bands doing alright, still having fun so that's the main thing i guess..haha How's your other bands going?
hey guys, sorry to hear about the last knives show ever this Sat..fuck! so wish i could be down there for it...hope ya all up too no good, we wouldn't have it any other way! How can i buy a copy of the new Knives record? Grant
Epic show the other night fellas, and congrats on the album, sounds great!! We kicked on afterwards til dawn, crazy shit was going down - memorable night for sure ;) Craig - MUSHROOM GIANT
3 short videos of the last SLM jam where shaft girl was recorded with clegga on vox, check it out in the video section (www. myspace. com/slmcreations)
The 2 songs Suicidal Lounge Music recorded on friday "Shaft Girl" and "Were prepared to sell out for the Commonwealth Bank" should be ready by as early as the weekend or even by the "Small Town Fiasco" cd launch which is the following weekend, or i might even finish them off tonight
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