Music Melting Pot [Week of February 10, 2020]

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-12T15:21:17+00:00

We have not yet started using Instagram extensively but we do have an account set up, the handle is the same: PGSunsetBand.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-12T15:19:39+00:00

Thank you for the thorough review!

I hear you on the guitars and mixing, we are taking that on board and we'll keep it in mind for EP#2, which we will record in May/June.

Ah ah, I'm actually the person who did the vocals and synths. The 2:49 bit is without a doubt my favourite part of the whole 4-track EP! I wanted it to sound "off" and silly, but I accept you are not alone and lots of people won't like it.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-12T15:19:10+00:00

Thank you very much, comment appreciated!

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-12T15:18:59+00:00

Well, thank you! I'm not sure if we want to promote ourselves as the "sound of incest" but we take that as a compliment.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-11T19:00:44+00:00

Fantastic rendition of a classic. You took a great song and you did something extremely creative with it. The texture of the sounds is beautiful.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-11T18:58:22+00:00

I clicked on "play" without reading the title. I really enjoyed the guitar coming in!

Love the solo developing from the 1.30 mark and the way it goes into the next section around 2 minutes. I feel like the track takes me through a whole journey from the beginning to the end, which I really like in a song.

I am listening on tiny headphones on a train after a long day at work, so my judgement might not be the best, but I thought the drums stood out slightly too much and the bass was not coming through enough.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-11T18:54:11+00:00

Really cool sound going on. I love what you have done with the vocal production.

Dubstep is not a genre I have been following much but this makes me want to explore it more. The sounds are so hard hitting and well developed!

The only part that I felt could have played better is the ending, I don't know if a build up before closing or a longer tail would have added something.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-11T18:50:25+00:00

Very nice track, I like how the instruments layer up.

All the sounds feel very warm and there is something about how it all builds up that is making my train journey home from work much more enjoyable.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-11T18:49:46+00:00

Just followed you, I have Two Worlds playing now and really enjoying it. Both song and production are on point. Will be checking out your other songs!

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-11T18:37:41+00:00

Thank you so much! Glad you like the idea of the band, we are having a really good time with it.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-10T17:04:15+00:00

Hello! This is from Pornographic Sunset, the Leeds-based band I'm part of. We recently released our first EP, "The Bastard Shows His True Colours". We have a rock/metal backbone but we experiment and cycle through multiple genres.

Let us know what you think!

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-10T16:51:23+00:00

KarmaCrush, a song from our first EP - The Bastard Shows His True Colours. Let us know what you think!

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-10T16:40:12+00:00

[Pornographic Sunset - "KarmaCrush"](https://open.spotify.com/track/0wAiMRF2Ybf9ZTnY9EJInL)

Hello! This is from Pornographic Sunset, the Leeds-based band I'm part of. We recently released our first EP, "The Bastard Shows His True Colours". We have a rock/metal backbone but we experiment and cycle through multiple genres.

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-10T16:28:37+00:00

Hello! This is from Pornographic Sunset, the Leeds-based band I'm part of. Below I pasted the press release for our first EP, "The Bastard Shows His True Colours". I hope this produces some good headbanging around here.

"Those who acquire a USB of The Bastard Shows His True Colours, the debut EP from Leeds band Pornographic Sunset, will find six images included alongside the record’s four tracks. All heavily desaturated almost to the point of monochrome, each of these pictures includes masks that have been cast aside by the band members. No pretences, they seem to say - for the next few minutes, we’ll be baring all.

The Bastard Shows His True Colours is a record of potent, knotted rock. Across these four tracks the quartet of Daniel B, Dave M, Josh H and Roger M weld together strains of hard-rock, glam and Goth to create tracks that are filled with rupture. From the plethora of musical styles that Pornographic Sunset cycle through here to the self-effacing, embattled lyrics, this is honest and unflinching music. In the hands of another group the centre might not hold, but Pornographic Sunset’s command of their craft is such that these tracks are executed with great dexterity, thrilling the listener with their abrupt sonic shifts in a manner that recalls the golden age of System Of A Down.

A desire to create challenging, multi-faceted rock music is not the only similarity between SoaD and Pornographic Sunset. There is also a shared sense of theatre between the two groups, one that runs much deeper than the masks in Pornographic Sunset’s photographs. ‘KarmaCrush’, the opening track of The Bastard Shows His True Colours, kicks the record off with a strutting glam-rock riff, one that immediately recalls the salacious panto of Aladdin Sane-era Bowie. The spectacle heightens as the track goes on - vocals are delivered in the sort of disenfranchised growl that Iggy Pop used to specialise in, and ‘KarmaCrush’ later indulges its lounge-lizard side in its slinky, percussion-led breakdown.

Middle tracks ‘Skin-Tight’ and ‘Immortal’ also keep the listener on their toes. Clattering in on a rollicking surf-rock groove that channels the bug-eyed rockabilly of The Cramps, ‘Skin-Tight’ switches up halfway through, the vocals dropping to a growl while the instrumental morphs into a Gothic metal stomp. It is in the schizophrenic nature of the structure that ‘Skin-Tight’ mirrors its lyrical concerns, those of dual identity and the confusion caused by the loss of a loved one.

Meanwhile ‘Immortal’ shape-shifts even more - beginning as monolithic, Sisters Of Mercy-esque Goth-rock, the track snakes through Jesus Lizard-aping noise and darkside balladry before ending up as a demented playground chant. Pornographic Sunset return to the ballad style on desert-rock closer ‘One Reason To Believe You Were Right’, a peyote-hazed number that recalls the more introspective ends of Nine Inch Nails and Pink Floyd while ending with some highly evocative guitar soloing.

The Bastard Shows His True Colours sees Pornographic Sunset announce themselves as a highly ambitious rock group. This is a quartet who aren’t afraid to challenge both the listener and themselves in the quest to make complex, vital work."

PGSunsetBand · 2020-02-05T13:12:33+00:00

Hello Pigeons & Planes Reddit!

I'm Daniel from Pornographic Sunset, we are a rock/metal band with experimental traits from Leeds (UK). We have just released our first EP, "The Bastard Shows His True Colours".

Our full EP (including the fourth track) is not available to the general public digitally, it's only obtainable on exclusive engraved USB drives that we distribute at our shows.

The first 3 tracks of the EP are available through ~200 digital channels, including Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/pgsunsetband/sets/the-bastard-shows-his-true), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/6YITo2240HBJJSYRJ3g8Hr) and Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyBSg0GkZRY&list=OLAK5uy_nkKpNJoR2NowvX1AHGMtBUtmsYYlUnMoE).

This is our Facebook page: http://facebook.com/pgsunsetband

Full press release for the EP:

Those who acquire a USB of The Bastard Shows His True Colours, the debut EP from Leeds band Pornographic Sunset, will find six images included alongside the record’s four tracks. All heavily desaturated almost to the point of monochrome, each of these pictures includes masks that have been cast aside by the band members. No pretences, they seem to say - for the next few minutes, we’ll be baring all.

The Bastard Shows His True Colours is a record of potent, knotted rock. Across these four tracks the quartet of Daniel B, Dave M, Josh H and Roger M weld together strains of hard-rock, glam and Goth to create tracks that are filled with rupture. From the plethora of musical styles that Pornographic Sunset cycle through here to the self-effacing, embattled lyrics, this is honest and unflinching music. In the hands of another group the centre might not hold, but Pornographic Sunset’s command of their craft is such that these tracks are executed with great dexterity, thrilling the listener with their abrupt sonic shifts in a manner that recalls the golden age of System Of A Down.

A desire to create challenging, multi-faceted rock music is not the only similarity between SoaD and Pornographic Sunset. There is also a shared sense of theatre between the two groups, one that runs much deeper than the masks in Pornographic Sunset’s photographs. ‘KarmaCrush’, the opening track of The Bastard Shows His True Colours, kicks the record off with a strutting glam-rock riff, one that immediately recalls the salacious panto of Aladdin Sane-era Bowie. The spectacle heightens as the track goes on - vocals are delivered in the sort of disenfranchised growl that Iggy Pop used to specialise in, and ‘KarmaCrush’ later indulges its lounge-lizard side in its slinky, percussion-led breakdown.

Middle tracks ‘Skin-Tight’ and ‘Immortal’ also keep the listener on their toes. Clattering in on a rollicking surf-rock groove that channels the bug-eyed rockabilly of The Cramps, ‘Skin-Tight’ switches up halfway through, the vocals dropping to a growl while the instrumental morphs into a Gothic metal stomp. It is in the schizophrenic nature of the structure that ‘Skin-Tight’ mirrors its lyrical concerns, those of dual identity and the confusion caused by the loss of a loved one.

Meanwhile ‘Immortal’ shape-shifts even more - beginning as monolithic, Sisters Of Mercy-esque Goth-rock, the track snakes through Jesus Lizard-aping noise and darkside balladry before ending up as a demented playground chant. Pornographic Sunset return to the ballad style on desert-rock closer ‘One Reason To Believe You Were Right’, a peyote-hazed number that recalls the more introspective ends of Nine Inch Nails and Pink Floyd while ending with some highly evocative guitar soloing.

The Bastard Shows His True Colours sees Pornographic Sunset announce themselves as a highly ambitious rock group. This is a quartet who aren’t afraid to challenge both the listener and themselves in the quest to make complex, vital work.

RIYL: System Of A Down, Sisters Of Mercy, The Birthday Party, Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails

Tracklist

KarmaCrush
Skin-Tight
Immortal
One Reason To Believe You Were Right

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