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Kember’s drawn to the year’s numerological potency, and this intentionality shines into every corner of All Things Being Equal.
released June 5, 2020
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Favorite track: Spinning Coins and Wishing On Clovers. Sonic Boom was the co-founder of Spacemen 3.
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Beach House Share New “Drunk In LA” Video: Watch. All Things Being Equal is Kember’s first album as Sonic Boom since 1990’s Spectrum, a sort of solo record made with his bandmates in Spacemen 3 as that legendary psych combo broke up. Just Imagine 2.
Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965), also known by his stage name Sonic Boom, is an English singer and record producer.He was a founding member, bassist, vocalist and guitarist of alternative rock band Spacemen 3, lasting from 1982 until the band's dissolution in 1991..
While Kember has kept busy over the past three decades, releasing albums with his projects Spectrum and E.A.R., as well as singles and EPs as Sonic Boom and producing or remixing other artists (working with MGMT, Panda Bear, and Beach House), he hasn’t actually released a Sonic Boom album since his 1990 debut under that name (which was, to confuse matters, titled Spectrum). Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
*The second pressing of the Standard LP is underway and is expected to start shipping in mid-late July. The Way That You Live 8. Sonic Boom, the band’s first collection of new music in almost 20 years, will release on all platforms via InterceptMusic.com on May 22nd.
Get fully dosed with swirly, layered psychedelic rock reliably soaked in reverb. by: Evan Minsker; March 3 2020.
Through regenerative stories told backwards and forwards, Kember explores dichotomies zen and fearsome, reverential of his analog toolkit and protective of the plants and trees that support our lives. Sonic Boom's 'All Things Being Equal': déjà vu-inducing. He provided the production on MGMT's sophomore album Congratulations, Panda Bear's albums Tomboy and Panda Bear Meets … Stream here.
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“Everybody thinks about and listens to music in different ways.”Kember broke down the LP in an exclusive Track by Track feature for Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, photo by Peter Ryle“I wanted to write songs that I could use as some sort of bedrock of hopefulness to stand on, something to be proud of,” singer-songwriter-guitarist Fran Keaney noted in a statement. It won't let me pick Wee Hours > Wildflowers for fave track, so I went with the show-stopping closer.
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It’s auspicious that Sonic Boom—the solo project and nom-deproducer of Peter Kember (Spectrum, Spacemen 3)—returns in 2020 with its first new LP in three decades.
It’s due out June 5th via Carpark Records.
Perhaps it’s appropriate he’s now set the controls to dialling-up his own past.Get a weekly digest of our critical highlights in your inbox each Thursday! Sonic Boom (aka Peter Kember) is back with a brand new album called All Things Being Equal.
Sonic Boom's 'All Things Being Equal': déjà vu-inducingPete Kember aka Sonic Boom is immune from changing zeitgeistsThe content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Kember’s drawn to the year’s numerological potency, and this intentionality shines into every corner of All Things Being Equal . Sonic also produces, mixes and masters recordings from his New Atlantis Studio base.
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Initial Spectrum releases carried on from the sound of late-period Spacemen 3, featuring conventional songs and a regular band.
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Opening cut “Just Imagine” has the bloopiness, pulse and melancholy vocal defining Kember’s contributions to Kember’s clients and partners know he’s immune from changing zeitgeists, which is partly why they work with him.
This album is such a one of a kind experience, it is so harrowing and eye opening, A must listen Expansive shoegaze with a strong sense of grandeur and drama, new on Holodeck.
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To coincide with the news of the album, Kember has shared the Nuno Jardim-directed video for the album’s lead single ‘Just Imagine’.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. A nice relaxing oriental album that will pleasure your hearing holes and let you drift off into a nice sleep where you might dream about Japanese characters playing sitars and stuff, well that's what happened to me anyway your musical journey might be different.
New Music Friday (June 5th) returns with fresh album releases from Sonic Boom, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, and more.