Dirty Realism

Having met as teenagers touring the late-90s North American post-punk scene, guitarist/vocalist Sean Madigan Hoen and drummer Dan Jaquint established an ongoing musical collaboration that for years remained a mostly-private endeavor relegated to cassette-only releases. After living together in Brooklyn, the duo found themselves returning to their home state of Michigan in 2018 where they reconnected with Detroits music scene and formed KIND BEAST.Taking its name from the writing of Carl Jung, KIND BEAST is at once a distillation of several decades of electric guitar music and a lyrical exploration of shadow themes and deep-psyche explorations. Described by NPR affiliate WDET as perfect for late-night freedom cruising on the outskirts of town, the music is sophisticated and nocturnal, metabolizing 70s arena rock and Krautrock as readily as the post-Fugazi cannon on which its members were raised. What commences is a vast blending of rock swagger infused with a distinctly-Detroit eeriness, set to Hoens (a widely-published author) imagistic lyrics.Joining Hoen and Jaquint are bassist Sean Bondareff (known for a fifteen-year stint with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels) and guitarist Martin Rodgers, fifteen years younger than the other members and who has made a name for himself as one of Detroits most talented guitarists. KIND BEAST pays little homage to Hoen and Jaquints teenage bands (Thoughts of Ionesco and Small Brown Bike, respectively) and finds itself most often compared

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Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Kind Beast
Release Date: 08 December 2023
Genre: Punk
Label: Don Giovanni
Distributor: MGM Music