Sunshine
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"...like Public Image, Ltd. skull fucking Sigue Sigue Sputnik on the
way to
a My Bloody Valentine reunion..." – scenestars.net
“Stupendously, scarily wonderful.” - NME
“They get up there and kick our asses every night” – Jim Ward (Sparta /
At
The Drive In)
When guitarist/singer Kay (pronounced K-eye), drummer Daniel, and bassist Martin formed Sunshine in a suburb outside the 15th century Czech Republic town of Tabor in 1994, the name of the band was intended as sarcasm.
Now, with the release of Sunshine’s forthcoming LP, Moonshower and Razorblades, conceived and recorded in L.A., the band has compiled a collection of songs no less heated but less abrasive, informed more sincerely by the rounded buoyancy of the band’s namesake. That’s not to say Moonshower and Razorblades is a sunny album, just more beamingly confident.
There’s more to that imagery than just a cheesy postcard, as Sunshine – now a quartet featuring Kay, Daniel (Drums), Amak (Bass) and Jiri (Guitar) – has thrown open the band’s sound to include an expanse far greater than the group’s beginnings in claustrophobic, chaotic no wave.
After years of touring the DIY circuit (They’ve been out with The (International) Noise Conspiracy and recently finished a European tour with The Faint as well as a U.S. tour with Sparta) and several split singles with bands such as No Knife, Starlite Desperation and At The Drive-In, Sunshine maximized a bracing sonic wall through a new bassist and the recruitment of an additional guitarist.
Like contemporary Primal Scream, Sunshine performs with an intensity almost bordering on painful, yet retaining a dance-friendly element. Moonshower and Razorblades, written with hand-to-the-throat efficiency, shows a marked maturity and growth, and is Sunshine’s most realized release to date.
Sunshine’s album Moonshower and Razorblades will be in stores May 2005.
Come see SUNSHINE play live!
3/18 SXSW @ Lava Lounge 12 Midnight
3/22 Los Angeles, CA @ Cinespace w/ Maximo Park
SunshineTrash.com
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